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Where to see the Yellow Bishop in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the Yellow Bishop at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Goukamma Nature Reserve and Anysberg Nature Reserve.

Euplectes capensis

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Yellow Bishop
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When and where to find the Yellow Bishop

Hosts have recorded the Yellow Bishop at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Goukamma Nature Reserve and Anysberg Nature Reserve.

Best hours of the day

  • The first hours after sunrise, and late afternoon. Birds call and feed most in the cool.
  • Midday. Quieter, especially in summer heat.

Where to base yourself

  • Western Cape

    Western Cape

    Cederberg Wilderness Area · Goukamma · Anysberg

    Self-driveMalaria-free
    Stays in Western Cape
    Western Cape
  • Eastern Cape

    Eastern Cape

    Kwandwe

    Guided drivesMalaria-free
    Stays in Eastern Cape
    Eastern Cape
  • Limpopo

    Limpopo

    Kruger

    Self-drive
    Stays in Limpopo
    Limpopo

Ways to look

Drive yourself

Your own vehicle and pace, on the park's roads.

Where hosts record it

Cederberg Wilderness AreaGoukammaAnysbergRocherpanKruger

Guided drives from a lodge

A guide who knows where to look, with off-road and night drives in the private reserves.

Where hosts record it

Kwandwe

Species

Euplectes capensis

Records

2,040

iNaturalist observations

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Questions travellers ask

A record means a host has seen the Yellow Bishop on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.

Which parks and reserves are best for the Yellow Bishop in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Yellow Bishop at stays in or beside Cederberg Wilderness Area, Goukamma Nature Reserve, Anysberg Nature Reserve, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Rocherpan Nature Reserve and Kruger National Park and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

Where can you see the Yellow Bishop in South Africa?

The Yellow Bishop is most recorded in Western Cape (89% of records), based on 2,040 iNaturalist observations. 76 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Yellow Bishop on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Yellow Bishop?

Sightings of the Yellow Bishop peak from Sep to Oct, based on 2,040 iNaturalist records. You may still see it outside those months, sightings are just less frequent.

What is the Yellow Bishop?

The yellow bishop, Cape bishop, Cape widow or yellow-rumped widow (Euplectes capensis) is a resident breeding bird species in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Where to stay for a chance to see the Yellow Bishop

Every stay on the Yellow Bishop page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.

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