Cardinal Quelea (Quelea cardinalis)

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1880)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia.

Regular in southern Sudan, north-eastern DRCongo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western and northern Tanzania south to eastern Zambia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Cardinal Quelea (Quelea cardinalis) [XC810946]
by id from Lambwe West (near Homa Bay), Lambwe, Homa Bay County, Kenya (call, song)

Cardinal Quelea (Quelea cardinalis) [XC247230]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed with Red-headed Quelea (Quelea erythrops) in a separate genus, Queleopsis.

Proposed subspecies rhodesiae (described from eastern Zambia) alleged to have brown on nape more extensive, but individual variation occurs throughout species' range.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

cardinalis (Hartlaub, 1880) - Southern South Sudan, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and western Kenya south to central and eastern Zambia and central Malawi; rare nonbreeding visitor to Ethiopia.
rhodesiae Grant, CHB & Mackworth-Praed, 1944 - South-eastern Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Cardinal Quelea (Quelea cardinalis) - 10 files

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