Genus Malimbus

 

Black-throated Malimbe - The Black-throated Malimbe is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Ghana.

 

Red-bellied Malimbe - The Red-bellied Malimbe is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda.

 

Ibadan Malimbe - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

 

Crested Malimbe - The Crested Malimbe is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

 

Rachel's Malimbe - It has interesting breeding behaviour. The nest is build by three to four birds of which only one is female and which takes the leading role in building the nest. After the nest is finished one of the males that participated in the building chase off the other participating males. Both of the remaining couple take duty of incubating the eggs.

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Ploceidae
Genus : Malimbus