Red-billed Quelea
The Red-billed Quelea is a weaver who is the most abundant bird species in the world, with an estimated breeding population of about 1.5 billion pairs. Some ornithologists estimate the overall population to be as large as 10 billion. Queleas are a serious agricultural pest, with some huge flocks descending on fields like a plague of locusts. They are found only in Africa, and some types of predatory birds make queleas an extensive part of their diet, including some herons, kingfishers, shrikes, hornbills, and others.
Red-billed Quelea
The Red-billed Quelea is a weaver who is the most abundant bird species in the world, with an estimated breeding population of about 1.5 billion pairs. Some ornithologists estimate the overall population to be as large as 10 billion. Queleas are a serious agricultural pest, with some huge flocks descending on fields like a plague of locusts. They are found only in Africa, and some types of predatory birds make queleas an extensive part of their diet, including some herons, kingfishers, shrikes, hornbills, and others.