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- Euplectes capensis
Identification
15 cm. Black, bright yellow lower back, rump, and shoulder patches, and brown edging to the wing feathers, short crest, thick conical black bill, short tail. In non-breeding plumage, the black becomes heavily streaked brown, and the bill is pale. The yellow shoulders and rump remain, and are a distinction from the female which lacks the contrasting colour patches.
Distribution
Eastern and Southern Africa.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Shrubland, heathland and moist grassland.
Behaviour
The diet includes seed, grain and some insects.
