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Red-billed Quelea

Quelea quelea

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 98, February 73, March 52, April 81, May 81, June 53, July 55, August 45, September 59, October 87, November 146, December 137.
South Africa967
Limpopo242
Mpumalanga163
KwaZulu-Natal150
Kenya150
Tanzania120
Gauteng110
Zambia107
Western Cape95
Eastern Cape79

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyWeavers and Allies · Ploceidae
GenusDiochs · Quelea

Sources

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