Malimbus
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Malimbus is a genus of birds in the family Ploceidae that are found in sub-Saharan Africa.
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:
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