Malimbus

Malimbus is a genus of birds in the family Ploceidae. It was erected by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1805.^[2][3]

Malimbus
Red-headed malimbe (Malimbus rubricollis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Malimbus Vieillot, 1805
Type species
Malimbus cristatus[1] Vieillot, 1805

The genus contains the following ten species:^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Malimbus coronatus	Red-crowned malimbe	Central Africa
	Malimbus cassini	Cassin's malimbe	Central Africa
	Malimbus racheliae	Rachel's malimbe	western Central Africa
	Malimbus ballmanni	Gola malimbe	Gola Forest in Sierra Leone and in western Liberia, eastern Liberia to western Ivory Coast and Diecke Forest Reserve in Guinea
	Malimbus scutatus	Red-vented malimbe	West Africa
	Malimbus ibadanensis	Ibadan malimbe	Nigeria
	Malimbus nitens	Blue-billed malimbe	African tropical rainforest.
	Malimbus rubricollis	Red-headed malimbe	African tropical rainforest.
	Malimbus erythrogaster	Red-bellied malimbe	Central Africa.
	Malimbus malimbicus	Crested malimbe	African tropical rainforest.