Red-billed Quelea
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Red-billed Quelea

Quelea quelea

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Garden Route National Park
1 Verified records at Garden Route National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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). It was named by Linnaeus in 1758, who considered it a bunting, but Ludwig Reichenbach assigned it in 1850 to the new genus Quelea. Three subspecies are recognised, with Q. q. quelea occurring roughly from Senegal to Chad, Q. q. aethiopica from Sudan to Somalia and Tanzania, and Q. q. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park

Cape Weaver
LC

Cape Weaver

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ploceus capensis

40–50% · Likely
Yellow-rumped Widowbird
LC

Yellow-rumped Widowbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Euplectes capensis

5–10% · With luck
Red Bishop
LC

Red Bishop

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Euplectes orix

<5% · Rare
Southern Masked Weaver
LC

Southern Masked Weaver

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ploceus velatus

<5% · Rare
Spectacled Weaver
LC

Spectacled Weaver

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ploceus ocularis

Insufficient data
Long-tailed Widow-bird
LC

Long-tailed Widow-bird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Euplectes progne

Insufficient data
🐦 No photo available
LC

Cape White-eye

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Zosterops virens

70–80% · Likely
Fork-tailed Drongo
LC

Fork-tailed Drongo

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dicrurus adsimilis

60–70% · Likely
Sombre Greenbul
LC

Sombre Greenbul

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Andropadus importunus

60–70% · Likely
Cape Wagtail
LC

Cape Wagtail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Motacilla capensis

50–60% · Likely
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
LC

Greater Double-collared Sunbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cinnyris afer

50–60% · Likely
Bar-throated Apalis
LC

Bar-throated Apalis

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Apalis thoracica

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Red-billed Quelea at Garden Route National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
40–50%
2 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
30–40%
3 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
30–40%
4 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
30–40%
5 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
30–40%
6 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
30–40%
7 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
30–40%
8 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
30–40%
9 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
30–40%
10 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
30–40%
11 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
30–40%
12 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
20–30%
13 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
20–30%
14 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
20–30%
15 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
20–30%
16 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
20–30%
17 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
20–30%
18 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
20–30%
19 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
20–30%
20 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
20–30%
21 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
22 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
23 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
24 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
10–20%
25 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
26 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
10–20%
27 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
28 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
10–20%
29 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
10–20%
30 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
10–20%
31 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
32 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
33 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
5–10%
34 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
5–10%
35 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
36 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
37 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
38 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
39 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
40 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
41 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
42 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
43 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
44 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
45 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
46 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
47 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
48 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
49 Bale Mountains National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Insufficient data
50 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
51 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
52 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
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