Blue-billed malimbe
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Malimbus |
| Species: | M. nitens
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| Binomial name | |
| Malimbus nitens (Gray, 1831)
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The blue-billed malimbe or Gray's malimbe (Malimbus nitens) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Malimbus nitens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719099A132124911. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719099A132124911.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links[]
- Blue-billed malimbe species text in Weaver Watch
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Malimbus
- Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Birds described in 1831
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
- Ploceidae stubs