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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Ploceidae .
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Examples
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Irrigation projects may also encourage pesticide use to control insects and other pests such as the red-billed quelea or dioch (Quelea quelea).
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Quelea birds were a threat to Zimbabwe's food security, the report said.
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Quelea birds are about the size of sparrows and are common in sub-Saharan Africa.
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The most numerous and most destructive bird on earth, the seed-eating quelea (Quelea quelea) can descend on a farm in such numbers as to consume the entire grain crop in a matter of hours.
Chapter 23 1996
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Quelea occurs only in Africa, but there its population is estimated to be at least 1.5 billion.
Chapter 23 1996
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Governments frequently undertake mass Quelea extermination campaigns which center around the destruction of nesting and roosting sites with explosives, flamethrowers, etc.
Chapter 10 1981
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The Quelea bird (Black-Faced Dioch) is a sparrow-sized weaver that may be the world's most destructive grain-eating bird.
Chapter 10 1981
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At the present time, bird-resistant crop varieties are not very successful against the Quelea, and the same seems to be true of repellents like Avitrol and Morkit.
Chapter 10 1981
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"Quelea were present all day in the reeds, calling and resting, with individuals flying in and out to forage.
Muti 2009
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"Quelea were present all day in the reeds, calling and resting, with individuals flying in and out to forage.
unknown title 2009
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