Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea Rooibekkwelea Blutschnabelweber
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Red-billed Quelea
© Bob Hobbes
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Breeding male
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© Chris Krog
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© Anja Denker
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Red-billed Quelea
© Bob Hobbes
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© John Murray
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This is widely touted as the most abundant wild bird species on the planet with varying population estimates putting this species across its entire sub-Saharan range at somewhere between 3 and 10 billion birds... whatever the actual numbers, they are certainly not uncommon
Zimanga Private Game Reserve
December 2015
© Trevor Hardaker