Weavers, Widowbirds

Red-billed Quelea

Quelea quelea

The Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea) is a 19 g grassland bird that eats mostly seeds. Some populations migrate.

Family

Weavers, Widowbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

19 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

27

Recorded in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania, Zambia, Senegal, Uganda, Ethiopia, Gambia, Mozambique, Nigeria, eSwatini, Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, RE, Somalia, Chad, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, Mauritania.

Where to see it: Auto selected 5.28882, 35.82904 (South Sudan); CCF Somaliland (Somalia); Ambassador Hotel (Somalia); Zakouma NP (Chad); Niono & L'Office Niger area (Mali).

Photo: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist