| Malimbus | |
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| Red-headed malimbe (Malimbus rubricollis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Malimbus Vieillot, 1805 |
| Type species | |
| Malimbus cristatus Vieillot, 1805=Tanagra malimbica Daudin, 1802 | |
Malimbus is a genus of birds in the family Ploceidae that are found in sub-Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Malimbus was introduced in 1805 by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot to accommodate a single species, Malibus cristatus Vieillot.[1] This is the type species. It is a junior synonym of Tanagra malimbica, the crested malimbe, that had been described by the French zoologist François Marie Daudin in 1802.[2]
The genus contains the following ten species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malimbus coronatus | Red-crowned malimbe | Central Africa | |
| Malimbus cassini | Cassin's malimbe | Central Africa | |
| Malimbus racheliae | Rachel's malimbe | western Central Africa | |
| 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 | West Africa | |
| Malimbus ibadanensis | Ibadan malimbe | Nigeria | |
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Malimbus nitens | Blue-billed malimbe | African tropical rainforest |
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Malimbus rubricollis | Red-headed malimbe | African tropical rainforest |
| Malimbus erythrogaster | Red-bellied malimbe | Central Africa | |
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Malimbus malimbicus | Crested malimbe | African tropical rainforest |
References
[edit]- ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1805). Histoire naturelle des plus beaux oiseaux chanteurs de la zone torride (in French). Paris: Chez J.E. Gabriel Dufour. p. 71.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 57.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
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