Malimbus

Malimbus
Red-headed malimbe (Malimbus rubricollis)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Malimbus
Vieillot, 1805
Type species
Malimbus cristatus
Vieillot, 1805

Malimbus is a genus of birds in the family Ploceidae. It was erected by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1805.

The genus contains the following ten species:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Malimbus coronatusRed-crowned malimbeCentral Africa
Malimbus cassiniCassin's malimbeCentral Africa
Malimbus racheliaeRachel's malimbewestern Central Africa
Malimbus ballmanniGola malimbeGola Forest in Sierra Leone and in western Liberia, eastern Liberia to western Ivory Coast and Diecke Forest Reserve in Guinea
Malimbus scutatusRed-vented malimbeWest Africa
Malimbus ibadanensisIbadan malimbeNigeria
Malimbus nitensBlue-billed malimbeAfrican tropical rainforest.
Malimbus rubricollisRed-headed malimbeAfrican tropical rainforest.
Malimbus erythrogasterRed-bellied malimbeCentral Africa.
Malimbus malimbicusCrested malimbeAfrican tropical rainforest.
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