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Also Known As red-billed weaver • dioch • red-billed quelea • locust bird • Quelea quelea • black-faced dioch • quelea finch

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A female Red-billed Quelea with a pale head and a male with a bright red head and bill perch side by side on a bare branch.
Red-billed quelea
red-billed quelea
red-billed quelea
View a flock of red-billed queleas at the Etosha National Park
See a flock of red-billed queleas flying in Etosha National Park, Namibia
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