
The red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small-approximately 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighing 15-26 g (0.53-0.92 oz)-migratory, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 2,001 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property and not from this province. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Limpopo and beyond
Provinces where Red-billed Quelea is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
2,001 records, iNaturalist
9 results in KwaZulu-Natal
Planning a trip
Hosts have recorded the Red-billed Quelea at stays in or beside Phinda Private Game Reserve.
Guided drives from a lodge
A guide who knows where to look, with off-road and night drives in the private reserves.
Where hosts record it
Species
Quelea quelea
Records
2 001
iNaturalist observations
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A record means a host has seen the Red-billed Quelea on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Red-billed Quelea at stays in or beside Phinda Private Game Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
The Red-billed Quelea is most recorded in Limpopo (20% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (16% of records), Gauteng (16% of records), based on 2 001 iNaturalist observations. 9 places to stay on Spekboom in KwaZulu-Natal have recorded the Red-billed Quelea on site or nearby.
The Red-billed Quelea is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Phinda Private Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small-approximately 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighing 15-26 g (0.53-0.92 oz)-migratory, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa. It was named by Linnaeus in 1758, who considered it a bunting, but Ludwig Reichenbach assigned it in 1850 to the new genus Quelea.