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Central [[Africa]]: found from southern [[Sudan]] to [[Ethiopia]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], eastern [[Zaire]], [[Zambia]] and [[ Zimbabwe]].
 
Central [[Africa]]: found from southern [[Sudan]] to [[Ethiopia]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], eastern [[Zaire]], [[Zambia]] and [[ Zimbabwe]].
 
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This is either a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> or two subspecies are recognized, ''cardinalis'' and ''rhodesiae''<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
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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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Photo by barty63
Nairobi National Park, Kenya, June 2012
Quelea cardinalis

Identification

Distribution

Central Africa: found from southern Sudan to Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, eastern Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Taxonomy

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

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Avibase

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