Queleas
Quelea
Quelea () is a genus of small passerine birds that belongs to the weaver family Ploceidae, confined to Africa. These are small-sized, sparrow- or finch-like gregarious birds, with bills adapted to eating seeds. Queleas may be nomadic over vast ranges; the red-billed quelea is said to be the most numerous wild bird species in the world and is a major pest to small-grain cereal crops in much of sub-Saharan Africa.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Red-billed Quelea
speciesQuelea quelea
Red-headed Quelea
speciesQuelea erythrops
Cardinal Quelea
speciesQuelea cardinalis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14004.