The most destructive bird species is the Sudan Dioch (
Quelea quelea ethiopica).
The Narok county government and the Desert Locust Control Organisation have completed spraying
quelea birds that had invaded wheat farms in the county.
He said in May
quelea birds arrived in large numbers and started ravaging sorghum but still, government intervened to control them.
He said that over N6 billion worth of farm produce, equivalent to 50,600 metric tons of various crops representing 59 per cent crop, have been lost to
quelea birds and other pests in farmlands in Bauchi State.
Giraffe splay their legs and gently bow down to slurp the water, while swarms of
quelea "locust birds" blow like gusty clouds from one bush to another.
There are certain
Quelea birds that have proved to be quite the opponents of progress as they pluck the rice once the area has been flooded.
Ploceidae Ploceus spp Weavers Bubalornis albirostris Buffalo weaver Plcepasser Chestut-crowned superciliosus sparrow weaver Anomalospiza imberbis Cuckoo finch
Quelea quelea Red-billed
quelea Ploceidae Bishop Ploceus luteolus Little weaver Anaplectes rubriceps Red-headed
quelea Ploceus cucullatus Village weavers Sporopipes frontalis Speckle-fronted weaver Ploceus vitellinuus Vitelline masked weaver 25.
Similarly, one can only speculate on the presence of the bathyergid bones and the
Quelea skulls.
Campaigns against
quelea birds (
Quelea quelea) have been conducted in the north.
Agreement for plant (Sudan-U.S.) 1977 protection-Sudan
quelea bird research project.
Agreement for plant Sudan-United protection--Sudan
quelea bird States research project.