Malimbus
| Malimbus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Malimbus rubricollis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Malimbus Vieillot, 1805 |
Malimbus is a genus of birds in the Ploceidae family. It was erected by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1805.[1][2]
The genus contains the following ten species:[3]
- Red-crowned malimbe (Malimbus coronatus)
- Cassin's malimbe (Malimbus cassini)
- Rachel's malimbe (Malimbus racheliae)
- Gola malimbe (Malimbus ballmanni)
- Red-vented malimbe (Malimbus scutatus)
- Ibadan malimbe (Malimbus ibadanensis)
- Blue-billed malimbe (Malimbus nitens)
- Red-headed malimbe (Malimbus rubricollis)
- Red-bellied malimbe (Malimbus erythrogaster)
- Crested malimbe (Malimbus malimbicus)
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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