Red-billed quelea: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the red-billed quelea lives – recorded in 19 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Quelea quelea
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	19 countries
Continents	Africa
Mass	1.78 g (birth weight); 18.8 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Ploceidae

Where does the red-billed quelea live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the red-billed quelea in 19 countries and territories across Africa. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa. In Gambia it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a red-billed quelea?

Wikidata records the following for the red-billed quelea: mass 1.78 g (birth weight); 18.8 g (adult weight).

Is the red-billed quelea endangered?

The red-billed quelea’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the red-billed quelea?

The red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Ploceidae, genus Quelea. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the red-billed quelea

The red-billed quelea (; Quelea quelea), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small, seasonally nomadic, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae, native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is approximately 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 15 to 26 g (0.53 to 0.92 oz).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Red-billed quelea (revision 1379016868), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q367327 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).