Malimbus

Malimbus
Red-headed malimbe (Malimbus rubricollis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Malimbus
Vieillot, 1805
Type species
Malimbus cristatus[1]
Vieillot, 1805

Malimbus is a genus of birds in the family Ploceidae. It was erected by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1805.[2][3]

The genus contains the following ten species:[4]

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
Malimbus nitens Blue-billed malimbe African tropical rainforest.
Malimbus rubricollis Red-headed malimbe African tropical rainforest.
Malimbus erythrogaster Red-bellied malimbe Central Africa.
Malimbus malimbicus Crested malimbe African tropical rainforest.

References

  1. ^ "Ploceidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1805). Histoire naturelle des plus beaux oiseaux chanteurs de la zone torride. Paris: J.E.G. Dufour. p. 71. OCLC 488519744.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches & weavers". World Bird List Version 7.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 July 2017.


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