# Bishop birds of Puerto Rico

Canonical source: https://birdsofpuertorico.com/family/bishop

Browsing group in the Birds of Puerto Rico guide; not necessarily a formal taxonomic family.

Any of several small African birds belonging to the family Ploceidae (order Passeriformes) and constituting the genus Euplectes. The breeding males are black-bellied and reddish or yellow above, with rufflike head feathering and fluffy rump feathers nearly covering their stumpy tails. The male vigorously defends a bit of grassland or marsh, where his drab-streaked spouses—sometimes six or more—occupy globular nests. The 13-centimetre (5-inch) red bishop (E. orix), also called grenadier weaver, displays by flying about and clapping its wings. Red bishops have become established in southern Australia.

## Species in this group

- [Northern Red Bishop](https://birdsofpuertorico.com/bird/242/Northern-Red-Bishop.md): Euplectes franciscanus.
- [Yellow-crowned Bishop](https://birdsofpuertorico.com/bird/244/Yellow-crowned-Bishop.md): Euplectes afer.