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Red-headed Quelea
Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub, 1848)
Ploceidae — Weavers, Widowbirds
Red-headed Quelea, Quelea erythrops, is a bird in the family Ploceidae that breeds across Africa from Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia and south to eastern South Africa. It was first described by Hartlaub in 1848. Its range also includes many countries across west, central, east and southern Africa, among them Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The species is known by several English names, including red-headed dioch, pokerhead and red-headed weaver, and its Swahili name is kwelea kichwa-chekundu.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae — Weavers, Widowbirds
- Breeding range
- Africa: Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia and s to e South Africa
