Malimbus
Malimbus is a genus of birds in the family Ploceidae. It was erected by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1805.
| 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 | |
The genus contains the following ten species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malimbus coronatus | Red-crowned malimbe | Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. | |
| Malimbus cassini | Cassin's malimbe | Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Ghana. | |
| Malimbus racheliae | Rachel's malimbe | Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria | |
| Malimbus ballmanni | Gola malimbe | Gola Forest in Sierra Leone and in western Liberia, eastern Liberia to western Ivory Coast and Diecke Forest Reserve in Guinea | |
| Malimbus scutatus | Red-vented malimbe | Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo | |
| Malimbus ibadanensis | Ibadan malimbe | Nigeria | |
| Malimbus nitens | Blue-billed malimbe | Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. | |
| Malimbus rubricollis | Red-headed malimbe | Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. | |
| Malimbus erythrogaster | Red-bellied malimbe | Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Uganda. | |
| Malimbus malimbicus | Crested malimbe | Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda. | |
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