Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (33)
- Subspecies (3)
Adrian J. F. Craig
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 23, 2013
Text last updated February 23, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooibekkwelea |
| Asturian | Quelea picubermeyu |
| Basque | Kelea mokogorria |
| Bulgarian | Червеноклюн тъкач |
| Catalan | quelea becvermell |
| Croatian | crvenokljuna pletilja |
| Czech | snovač rudozobý |
| Dutch | Roodbekwever |
| English | Red-billed Quelea |
| English (United States) | Red-billed Quelea |
| Estonian | vilja-kangurlind |
| Finnish | miljoonakutoja |
| French | Travailleur à bec rouge |
| French (Canada) | Travailleur à bec rouge |
| Galician | Bico de carmín |
| German | Blutschnabelweber |
| Hebrew | קואלאה אדומת-מקור |
| Icelandic | Grímuvefari |
| Japanese | コウヨウチョウ |
| Norwegian | blodnebbvever |
| Polish | wikłacz czerwonodzioby |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Quelea-de-bico-vermelho |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Bico-carmim |
| Russian | Красноклювая квелия |
| Serbian | Crvenokljuna kvelea |
| Slovak | pletiarka červenozobá |
| Slovenian | Rdečekljuni tkalec |
| Spanish | Quelea Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Quelea común |
| Swedish | blodnäbbsvävare |
| Turkish | Kırmızı Gagalı Kuela |
| Ukrainian | Квелія червонодзьоба |
| Zulu | isicibilili |
Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Emberiza quelea
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.177.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India. Senegal, ex Brisson (see Linnaeus, 1776, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1, p. 310).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- QUELEA
- quelea
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Red-billed Quelea
