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 Nairobi National Park
Cardinal Quelea
Quelea cardinalis
White-winged Widowbird
Euplectes albonotatus
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Red-collared Widowbird
Euplectes ardens
Speke's Weaver
Ploceus spekei
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Sporopipes frontalis
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Ploceus xanthops
Spectacled Weaver
Ploceus ocularis
Grosbeak Weaver
Amblyospiza albifrons
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Euplectes afer
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
Jackson's Widowbird
Euplectes jacksoni
📅 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 Nairobi National Park?
About 20% of visitor-days record a Red-billed Quelea sighting in Nairobi National Park, based on 256 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Red-billed Quelea in Nairobi National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Red-billed Quelea in Nairobi National Park in our monthly data.