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[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.

[edit] References

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