Cardinal quelea

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Cardinal quelea
File:Quelea cardinalis - Cardinal Quelea.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Ploceidae
Genus:
Quelea
Species:
Q. cardinalis
Binomial name
Quelea cardinalis
(Hartlaub, 1880)

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The cardinal quelea (Quelea cardinalis) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

Phylogeny

Molecular phylogeny indicates that this and related species might have originated in India and dispersed to Africa and Pacific Ocean habitats. However, the Cardinal quelea appears to belong to the Ploceidae and to be genetically unrelated to both Old and New World sparrows.[2][3]

References

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