Malimbus

Malimbus is a genus of birds in the family Ploceidae. It was erected by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1805.[1][2]

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

The genus contains the following ten species:[3]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Malimbus coronatusRed-crowned malimbeCameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
Malimbus cassiniCassin's malimbeCameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Ghana.
Malimbus racheliaeRachel's malimbeCameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria
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 malimbeBenin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo
Malimbus ibadanensisIbadan malimbeNigeria
Malimbus nitensBlue-billed malimbeAngola, 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 rubricollisRed-headed malimbeAngola, 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 erythrogasterRed-bellied malimbeCameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Uganda.
Malimbus malimbicusCrested malimbeAngola, 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.

References

  1. Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre (1805). Histoire naturelle des plus beaux oiseaux chanteurs de la zone torride. Paris: J.E.G. Dufour. p. 71. OCLC 488519744.
  2. Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-list of birds of the world. Volume 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 57.
  3. 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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