Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPloceidae (Weavers and Allies)
- GenusQuelea (Queleas)
- SpeciesQuelea quelea (Red-billed Quelea)
Closest Relatives at Addo Elephant National Park
Cape Weaver
Ploceus capensis
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatus
Red Bishop
Euplectes orix
Spectacled Weaver
Ploceus ocularis
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
Dark-backed Weaver
Ploceus bicolor
Long-tailed Widow-bird
Euplectes progne
African Golden-Weaver
Ploceus subaureus
Grosbeak Weaver
Amblyospiza albifrons
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes axillaris
Scaly Weaver
Sporopipes squamifrons
Yellow-rumped Widowbird
Euplectes capensis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Red-billed Quelea in Addo Elephant National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Red-billed Quelea sighting in Addo Elephant National Park, based on 41 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Red-billed Quelea in Addo Elephant National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Red-billed Quelea in Addo Elephant National Park in our monthly data.