Malimbus is a genus of birds in the family Ploceidae. It was erected by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1805.[1] [2]
The genus contains the following ten species:[3]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Malimbus coronatus | Central Africa | ||
Malimbus cassini | Central Africa | ||
Malimbus racheliae | western Central Africa | ||
Malimbus ballmanni | Gola Forest in Sierra Leone and in western Liberia, eastern Liberia to western Ivory Coast and Diecke Forest Reserve in Guinea | ||
Malimbus scutatus | West Africa | ||
Malimbus ibadanensis | Nigeria | ||
Malimbus nitens | African tropical rainforest. | ||
Malimbus rubricollis | African tropical rainforest. | ||
Malimbus erythrogaster | Central Africa. | ||
Malimbus malimbicus | African tropical rainforest. | ||