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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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