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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Central [[Africa]]: found from southern [[Sudan]] to [[Ethiopia]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], eastern [[Zaire]], [[Zambia]] and [[ Zimbabwe]].
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Central [[Africa]]: southern [[South Sudan]], northeastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Uganda]], and western [[Kenya]] south to central and eastern [[Zambia]] and central [[Malawi]]; rare nonbreeding visitor to [[Ethiopia]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
This is either a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> or two subspecies are recognized, ''cardinalis'' and ''rhodesiae''<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
 
This is either a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> or two subspecies are recognized, ''cardinalis'' and ''rhodesiae''<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Avibase
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{{GSearch|Quelea+cardinalis}}  
 
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Quelea]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Quelea]]

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Quelea cardinalis

Identification

Distribution

Central Africa: southern South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and western Kenya south to central and eastern Zambia and central Malawi; rare nonbreeding visitor to Ethiopia

Taxonomy

This is either a monotypic species[1] or two subspecies are recognized, cardinalis and rhodesiae[2].

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase

External Links

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