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Red-headed Quelea
Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub, KJG 1848)
The red-headed quelea 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. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Ploceidae
Genus:
Quelea
Scientific:
Quelea erythrops
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Ploceidae
Genus:
Quelea
Scientific:
Quelea erythrops
Original description
Citation:
(Hartlaub, KJG 1848)
Reference:
Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuvierienne
11 p.109 cdP
Protonym:
Ploceus erythrops
Type locality:
Sao Tome.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2366511
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
F8041931EBD03502
Avibase ID:
avibase-F8041931
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F8041931
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562668
Geographic range:
- Quelea erythrops: Grasslands of Africa south of the Sahara
Source: Clements checklist
Red-headed Quelea
Catalan:
quelea cap-roig
Czech:
snovač rudohlavý
Danish:
Rødhovedet Quelea
German:
Rotkopfweber
Spanish:
Quelea Cabecirrojo
Spanish (Spain):
Quelea Cabecirrojo
Finnish:
punahuppukutoja
French:
Travailleur à tête rouge
Croatian:
crvenolica pletilja
Hungarian:
pirosfejű szövőmadár
Italian:
Quelea testarossa
Japanese (romaji):
zuakakouyouchou
Japanese:
ズアカコウヨウチョウ
Lithuanian:
raudongalvis raudonsnapis audėjas
Dutch:
Roodkopwever
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Raudhettevevar
Norwegian:
Rødhettevever
Polish:
wikłacz czerwonolicy
Portuguese:
quelea-de-cabeça-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal):
quelea-de-cabeça-vermelha
Russian:
Красноголовая квелия
Slovak:
pletiarka poľná
Serbian:
Crvenoglava kvelea
Swedish:
rödhuvad vävare
Ukrainian:
Квелія червоноголова
Chinese:
红头奎利亚雀
Chinese (Traditional):
紅頭奎利亞雀
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Travailleur à tête rouge ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Travailleur à tête rouge ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Quelea erythrops [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Quelea erythrops [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Quelea erythrops [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Red-headed Quelea ( Quelea erythrops) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Quelea erythrops [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Quelea erythrops [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Rooikopkwelea
Catalan: quelea cap-roig, Teixidor carpó roig, Teixidor carpó-roig
Czech: snovač rudoh;avý, snovač rudohlavý, Snovatec rudohlavý
Danish: Rødhovedet Quelea, Rødhovedet Væver
German: Rotkopfweber
English: Poker-head, Red headed Quelea, Red-headed Dioch, Redheaded Quelea, Red-headed Quelea
English, HBW: Red-headed Quelea
English (IOC): Red-headed Quelea
English (Kenya): Red-headed Quelea
English (United States): Red-headed Quelea
Spanish: Quelea Cabecirrojo, Quelea de Cabeza Roja
Spanish (Spain): Quelea Cabecirrojo
Spanish (HBW): Red-headed Quelea
Estonian: punapea-kangurlind
Finnish: Punahuppukutoja
French: Quéléa à tête rouge, Tisserin à tête rouge, Travailleur à tête rouge
Croatian: crvenolica pletilja
Hungarian: pirosfejű szövőmadár
Italian: Quelea testarossa
Japanese (romaji): zuakakouyouchou
Japanese: ズアカコウヨウチョウ
Kirghiz: кызыл баш кызыл тумшук өрмөкчү
Scientific: Ploceus erythrops, Quelea erythrops, Quelea erythrops erythrops
Lithuanian: raudongalvis raudonsnapis audėjas
Maltese: kwelea ta' rasha ħamra
Dutch: Roodkopwever
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudhettevevar
Norwegian: Rødhettevever, Rødhodet vever
Polish: wiklacz czerwonolicy, wikłacz czerwonolicy
Portuguese: Quelea de cabeca vermelha, Quelea-de-cabeca-vermelha, Quelea-de-cabeça-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal): Pardal-de-cabeça-vermelha, quelea-de-cabeça-vermelha
Russian: Красноголовая квелия, Красноголовый красноклювый ткач, Красноголовый ткачик
Slovak: pletiarka poľná
Serbian: Crvenoglava kvelea
Swedish: Rödhuvad vävare
Swahili: Kwelea Kichwa-chekundu
Turkish: Kırmızı başlı kuela
Ukrainian: Квелія червоноголова
Chinese: 红头奎利亚雀
Chinese (Traditional): 紅頭奎利亞雀
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