Quelea

Quelea

Taxobox
name = "Quelea"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Ploceidae
genus = "Quelea"
genus_authority = Reichenbach, 1850
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Quelea cardinalis"
"Quelea erythrops"
"Quelea quelea"

"Quelea" is a genus of songbirds, order Passeriformes. The most significant species is "Quelea quelea", the Red-billed Quelea of Africa, said to be the most numerous bird species in the world. [cite book |last= Sekercioglu |first=Cagan Hakki |year=2006 |chapter=Foreword |title=Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers |editor=Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott & David Christie (eds.) |location=Barcelona |publisher=Lynx Edicions |isbn=84-96553-06-X| pages=p. 48]

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