Quelea

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Quelea is a genus of small, highly gregarious African weaver birds best known for the red-billed quelea, often considered the most numerous wild bird species on Earth.

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Quelea canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird species
genus
taxon
belongsToGroup weaverbirds
bestKnownFor Quelea quelea NERFINISHED
class Aves
commonName queleas
red-billed quelea NERFINISHED
containsTaxon Quelea cardinalis NERFINISHED
Quelea erythrops NERFINISHED
Quelea quelea NERFINISHED
describedAs African weaver birds
highly gregarious birds
most numerous wild bird species on Earth
small birds
diet cereal crops
grass seeds
grass seeds
family Ploceidae NERFINISHED
Ploceidae NERFINISHED
feedingBehavior granivorous
genus Quelea NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution sub-Saharan Africa NERFINISHED
habitat agricultural areas
grassland
savanna
impact agricultural pest
serious crop pest
kingdom Animalia
migratoryBehavior partly migratory
nativeTo Africa
sub-Saharan Africa NERFINISHED
nestType woven nests
notableCharacteristic huge roosting flocks
massive breeding colonies
notableFor large population sizes
notableSpecies red-billed quelea NERFINISHED
order Passeriformes
phylum Chordata
recognizedBy ornithologists
reproduction colonial nesting in reedbeds or bushes
socialBehavior colonial breeder
forms large flocks
taxonRank genus
species

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Ploceidae notableGenus Quelea