Red-headed quelea
Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub, 1848)
The red-headed quelea (Quelea erythrops) is a species in the family Ploceidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 17.7 g to 21.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the red-headed quelea
- Weight
- 17.7 g – 21.1 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Granivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2 – 2.25src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the red-headed quelea live?
Not recorded
What is the red-headed quelea?
The red-headed quelea (Quelea erythrops) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Is the red-headed quelea endangered?
The red-headed quelea is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the red-headed quelea classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPloceidae
- genusQuelea
- SpeciesQuelea erythrops (Hartlaub, 1848)
Synonyms Ploceus erythrops, Quelea erythrops erythrops
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- Red-headed diochEnglish
- RooikopkweleaAfrikaans
- quelea cap-roigCatalan
- snovač rudohlavýCzech
- cwelea pengochWelsh
- Rødhovedet VæverDanish
- Rødhovedet QueleaDanish
- RotkopfweberGerman
- ruĝkapa teksbirdoEsperanto
- Quelea cabecirrojoSpanish
- Quelea de Cabeza RojaSpanish
- punahuppukutojaFinnish
- Travailleur à tête rougeFrench
- crvenolica pletiljaCroatian
- pirosfejű szövőmadárHungarian
- Quelea testarossaItalian
- ズアカコウヨウチョウJapanese
- raudongalvis raudonsnapis audėjasLithuanian
- RoodkopweverDutch
- rødhetteveverNorwegian
- wikłacz czerwonolicyPolish
- quelea-de-cabeça-vermelhaPortuguese
- Pardal-de-cabeça-vermelhaPortuguese
- queleia-de-cabeça-vermelhaPortuguese
- Красноголовая квелияRussian
- Красноголовый красноклювый ткачRussian
- pletiarka poľnáSlovak
- Crvenoglava kveleaSerbian
- rödhuvad vävareSwedish
- Kırmızı Başlı KuelaTurkish
- квелія червоноголоваUkrainian
- 紅頭奎利亞雀Chinese
- 红头奎利亚雀Chinese
Relatives of the red-headed quelea
Other species in the same genus Quelea.
CompareRed-headed quelea vs Red-billed queleaRed-headed quelea vs Cardinal queleaRed-headed quelea vs Hyphantica aethiopica
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the red-headed quelea?
An adult red-headed quelea weighs 17.7 g – 21.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the red-headed quelea endangered?
The red-headed quelea is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the red-headed quelea?
The red-headed quelea (Quelea erythrops) belongs to the family Ploceidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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