| Quelea | |
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| Quelea quelea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Clade: | Estrildid clade |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Quelea Reichenbach, 1850 |
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Quelea is a small genus of 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 bird species in the world.[1]
Taxonomy[]
There are three species:
A male Red-headed Quelea building a nest in South Africa
A flock of red-billed queleas
- Cardinal Quelea, Quelea cardinalis
- Red-headed Quelea, Quelea erythrops
- Red-billed Quelea, Quelea quelea
References[]
- ^ Sekercioglu, Cagan Hakki (2006). "Foreword". In Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott & David Christie (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. p. 48. ISBN 84-96553-06-X.
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This article is part of Project Bird Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each genus, including made-up genera. |