Euplectes afer

Basic information
Scientific name	Euplectes afer	(No picture)
Common names	Yellow-crowned bishop, Napoleon weaver, Golden bishop, Yellow weaber
Higher taxon	Ploceidae, Passeriformes, Aves
Natural range	W, C, and E Africa
Habitat	Swamp in grassland, in natural range.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Observed in Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, and Ehime Prefs. Whether or not breed in Japan is unknown.
Origin	Unknown.
Date	In Kanagawa Pref., observed since 1974. In Kanto District, observed in 1961 to 1981.
Route	Deliberate: Escape or release of pet animal.
Impact	Unknown impact.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Caribbean islands, Portugala, Oman, UAE, etc.

Reference	Notes
Eguchi & Amano (2004) Spread of exotic birds in Japan. Ornithol Sci. 3, 3-12. Kawakami & Kanouchi (2012) The Handbook of Introduced Birds in Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn) Lepage (ed) (2003-2012) Avibase – the world bird database (Accessed on 2012-6-14) http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/ Long (1981) Introduced Birds of the World. David & Charles, Newton. etc.