Red-billed Quelea

Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called RBQU, Red-bill Quelea, Red-billed Dioch. Occurrence records of the Red-billed Quelea are shared on GBIF from around 131 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Kruger National Park (2 937 records), in 9 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPloceidae

131reserves with records

23 397records around them

9provinces

LCIUCN category

Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea) — Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Kruger National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	2 937
Rietvlei Nature ReserveProtected area	GP Gauteng	2 263
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation AreaTransfrontier area	LP Limpopo	1 637
OPM Prozesky Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	1 565
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	1 147
Highveld GardenNature reserve	FS Free State	913
Marais DamNature reserve	GP Gauteng	894
Kruin ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	822
Colbyn ValleyNature reserve	GP Gauteng	770
Austin Roberts Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	751
Wolhuterskop Game and Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	FS Free State	538
Umgeni Valley Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	486
WESSA uMngeni Valley Nature Reserve & Education CentreWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	486
Sondela Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	478
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	424
Howick Umngeni River ConservancyPrivate game reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	351
Midmar Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	306
Soetdoring Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	298
Mapungubwe National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	291
Suikerbosrant Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	288
Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	260
Vredefort Dome core areaProtected area	NW North West	256
Free State National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	FS Free State	252
Doctor Alden Lloyd Nature Conservation AreaNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	243
Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area	FS Free State	232
Pretorius KloofNature reserve	FS Free State	213
Elephant Sanctuary HartbeespoortWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	209
Monkey SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	209
Waterberg BiosphereBiosphere reserve	LP Limpopo	198
Augrabies Falls National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	197
Nylsvley Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	190
Faan Meintjes Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	177
Umvoti Vlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	172
Marrick Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	NC Northern Cape	149
Umbabat Game ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	147
Olifantsvlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	133
Himeville Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	106
Mahlathini Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	LP Limpopo	106
Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	99
Mokala National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	94
Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	94
Ingula Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	93
Albert Falls Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	76
Letaba Ranch Provincial ParkNature reserve	LP Limpopo	76
Doreen clark nature reserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	76
Bronkies Angling and Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	76
Rust de Winter NatuurreservaatNature reserve	LP Limpopo	74
Rust De Winter Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	74
Atherstone Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	72
Lapalala WildernessGame reserve	LP Limpopo	65
Cheetah RidgeWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	63
Somabula Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	59
Golela BushNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	57
Pikkie Park ConservancyPrivate game reserve	FS Free State	56
Timbavati Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	54
Karkloof Conservation CentreWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	54
MakulekeProtected area	LP Limpopo	49
Leon Taljaard Nature ReserveProtected area	NW North West	45
Klaserie Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	44
Blouberg Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	43

and 71 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Limpopo: 40 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 22 reserves
Gauteng: 19 reserves
Free State: 15 reserves
North West: 12 reserves
Mpumalanga: 8 reserves
Northern Cape: 6 reserves
Eastern Cape: 6 reserves
Western Cape: 3 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Scientific name: Quelea quelea
GBIF taxon: 2493987
Wikidata: Q367327

More of the Ploceidae family

Southern Masked Weaver Cape Weaver Southern Red Bishop Village Weaver Spectacled Weaver Thick-billed Weaver Red-collared Widowbird Yellow Bishop Long-tailed Widowbird Fan-tailed Widowbird Dark-backed Weaver Yellow Weaver White-winged Widowbird Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Scaly-feathered Weaver Red-headed Weaver Yellow-crowned Bishop Lesser Masked Weaver African Golden Weaver

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.