Quelea Quelea Quelea is a genus of small 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. There are three species: Based on recent DNA-analysis, the red-billed quelea is sister to a clade that consist of both remaining species of the genus "Quelea", namely "Q. cardinalis" and "Q. erythrops". The genus belongs to the group of true weavers (subfamily Ploceinae), and is
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