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Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea · Family Ploceidae
Quelea quelea
Family Ploceidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 426,607
- Countries and territories with records
- 63
About this species
This species has 426,607 occurrence records from 63 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (77.8%), Namibia (5.3%), Zimbabwe (4.5%), Kenya (2.9%) and Botswana (2.2%); together they account for 92.7% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.83% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Quelea quelea combines the genus name Quelea with the species epithet quelea. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Quelea; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Quelea erythrops and Quelea cardinalis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 96 species of the family Ploceidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ploceus velatus. Its record count is 11 times the family average (38,689). The family Ploceidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.