Malimbus Explained

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 NameDistribution
Malimbus coronatusCentral Africa
Malimbus cassiniCentral Africa
Malimbus racheliaewestern Central Africa
Malimbus ballmanniGola Forest in Sierra Leone and in western Liberia, eastern Liberia to western Ivory Coast and Diecke Forest Reserve in Guinea
Malimbus scutatusWest Africa
Malimbus ibadanensisNigeria
Malimbus nitensAfrican tropical rainforest.
Malimbus rubricollisAfrican tropical rainforest.
Malimbus erythrogasterCentral Africa.
Malimbus malimbicusAfrican tropical rainforest.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Vieillot, Louis Pierre . Louis Pierre Vieillot . 1805 . Histoire naturelle des plus beaux oiseaux chanteurs de la zone torride . J.E.G. Dufour . Paris . 488519744 . 71 .
  2. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Greenway . James C. Jr . 1962 . Check-list of birds of the world . 15 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 57 .
  3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2017 . Old World sparrows, snowfinches & weavers . World Bird List Version 7.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 1 July 2017 .