Cardinal Quelea

Cardinal QueleaAn early twentieth-century African bird account records Cardinal Queleas breeding in eastern African grass and scrub. It describes the adult male's throat as bright scarlet and the rear crown as mottled with black.What does it look like?The adult male is described with black mottling on the rear crown and bright scarlet across the chin and throat. The account treats females and young males separately.How does it live?An early twentieth-century African bird account records Cardinal Queleas breeding in eastern African grass and scrub. It describes the adult male's throat as bright scarlet and the rear crown as mottled with black.Fischer's Nguruman record described breeding in grassy, scrub-covered country and flocks of about 150–200 birds. The nests were made of grass with a side entrance.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.