Malimbus is a genus of birds in the family Ploceidae that are found in sub-Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy The genus Malimbus was introduced in 1805 by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot to accommodate a single species, Malibus cristatus Vieillot. This is the type species. It is a junior synonym of Tanagra malimbica, the crested malimbe, that had been described by the French zoologist François Marie Daudin in 1802.
The genus contains the following ten species: 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 AfricaMalimbus 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
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