Red-billed Quelea

The red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea) is a bird of the Ploceidae family — species of bird.

Across the 37 countries we cover it has 426,561 published records, most of them from South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in January, February and March and fall to their lowest in April and June.

Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.