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Category:Malimbus

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Genus: Malimbus

[edit] Description

Malimbes are a group of African forest weavers. They are large and stout, and have striking black-and-red or black-and-yellow plumage.

[edit] Taxonomy

Yellow-legged Malimbe (Malimbus flavipes) was moved to genus Ploceus1

Malimbus is a genus in the family Ploceidae.


Genus Malimbus view • edit
M. coronatus Red-crowned Malimbe
M. cassini Black-throated Malimbe
M. ballmanni Ballmann's Malimbe
M. racheliae Rachel's Malimbe
M. scutatus Red-vented Malimbe
M. ibadanensis Ibadan Malimbe
M. erythrogaster Red-bellied Malimbe
M. nitens Blue-billed Malimbe
M. malimbicus Crested Malimbe
M. rubricollis Red-headed Malimbe

[edit] References

Fry, C. H. and Keith, S. (Eds). 2004. The Birds of Africa, Vol. VII. Princeton University Press.


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