Malimbus

Malimbus is a genus of bird in the Ploceidae family. It contains the following species:

  • Gola Malimbe (Malimbus ballmanni)
  • Cassin's Malimbe (Malimbus cassini)
  • Red-crowned Malimbe (Malimbus coronatus)
  • Red-bellied Malimbe (Malimbus erythrogaster)
  • Ibadan Malimbe (Malimbus ibadanensis)
  • Crested Malimbe (Malimbus malimbicus)
  • Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens)
  • Rachel's Malimbe (Malimbus racheliae)
  • Red-headed Malimbe (Malimbus rubricollis)
  • Red-vented Malimbe (Malimbus scutatus)
Family: Ploceidae
Genus Species
Bubalornis
  • White-billed Buffalo Weaver (B. albirostris)
  • Red-billed Buffalo Weaver (B. niger)
Dinemellia
  • White-headed Buffalo Weaver (D. dinemelli)
Sporopipes
  • Speckle-fronted Weaver (S. frontalis)
  • Scaly-feathered Weaver (S. squamifrons)
Plocepasser
  • White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (P. mahali)
  • Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver (P. superciliosus)
  • Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver (P. rufoscapulatus)
  • Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver (P. donaldsoni)
Histurgops
  • Rufous-tailed Weaver (H. ruficauda)
Pseudonigrita
  • Grey-capped Social Weaver (P. arnaudi)
  • Black-capped Social Weaver (P. cabanisi)
Philetairus
  • Sociable Weaver (P. socius)
Ploceus
  • Compact Weaver (P. superciliosus)
  • Black-chinned Weaver (P. nigrimentus)
  • Baglafecht Weaver (P. baglafecht)
  • Bertram's Weaver (P. bertrandi)
  • Slender-billed Weaver (P. pelzelni)
  • Loango Weaver (P. subpersonatus)
  • Little Weaver (P. luteolus)
  • Lesser Masked Weaver (P. intermedius)
  • Spectacled Weaver (P. ocularis)
  • Bannerman's Weaver (P. bannermani)
  • Bates's Weaver (P. batesi)
  • Black-necked Weaver (P. nigricollis)
  • Black-billed Weaver (P. melanogaster)
  • Strange Weaver (P. alienus)
  • Bocage's Weaver (P. temporalis)
  • Cape Weaver (P. capensis)
  • Eastern Golden Weaver (P. subaureus)
  • Holub's Golden Weaver (P. xanthops)
  • Príncipe Weaver (Ploceus princeps)
  • Orange Weaver (P. aurantius)
  • Golden Palm Weaver (P. bojeri)
  • Taveta Weaver (P. castaneiceps)
  • Southern Brown-throated Weaver (P. xanthopterus)
  • Northern Brown-throated Weaver (P. castanops)
  • Kilombero Weaver (P. burnieri)
  • Rüppell's Weaver or Rueppell's Weaver (P. galbula)
  • Heuglin's Masked Weaver (P. heuglini)
  • Northern Masked Weaver (P. taeniopterus)
  • Vitelline Masked Weaver (P. vitellinus)
  • Southern Masked Weaver (P. velatus)
  • Katanga Masked Weaver Ploceus katangae
  • Lufira Masked Weaver (P. ruweti)
  • Tanzanian Masked Weaver (P. reichardi)
  • Village Weaver (P. cucullatus)
  • Giant Weaver (P. grandis)
  • Speke's Weaver (P. spekei)
  • Fox's Weaver (P. spekeoides)
  • Vieillot's Black Weaver (P. nigerrimus)
  • Weyns's Weaver (P. weynsi)
  • Clarke's Weaver (P. golandi)
  • Black-headed Weaver (P. melanocephalus)
  • Juba Weaver (P. dichrocephalus)
  • Golden-backed Weaver (P. jacksoni)
  • Cinnamon Weaver (P. badius)
  • Chestnut Weaver (P. rubiginosus)
  • Golden-naped Weaver (P. aureonucha)
  • Yellow-mantled Weaver (P. tricolor)
  • Maxwell's Black Weaver (P. albinucha)
  • Nelicourvi Weaver (P. nelicourvi)
  • Sakalava Weaver (P. sakalava)
  • Streaked Weaver (P. manyar)
  • Baya Weaver (P. philippinus)
  • Asian Golden Weaver (P. hypoxanthus)
  • Finn's Weaver (P. megarhynchus)
  • Black-breasted Weaver (P. benghalensis)
  • Dark-backed Weaver (P. bicolor)
  • Preuss's Weaver (P. preussi)
  • Yellow-capped Weaver (P. dorsomaculatus)
  • Usambara Weaver (P. nicolli)
  • Olive-headed Weaver (P. olivaceiceps)
  • Brown-capped Weaver (P. insignis)
  • Bar-winged Weaver (P. angolensis)
  • São Tomé Weaver (P. sanctithomae)
  • Yellow-legged Weaver (P. flavipes)
Pachyphantes
  • Compact Weaver (P. superciliosus)
Malimbus
  • Red-crowned Malimbe (M. coronatus)
  • Cassin's Malimbe (M. cassini)
  • Gola Malimbe (M. ballmanni)
  • Rachel's Malimbe (M. racheliae)
  • Red-vented Malimbe (M. scutatus)
  • Ibadan Malimbe (M. ibadanensis)
  • Red-bellied Malimbe (M. erythrogaster)
  • Blue-billed Malimbe (M. nitens)
  • Crested Malimbe (M. malimbicus)
  • Red-headed Malimbe (M. rubricollis)
Anaplectes
  • Red-headed Weaver (A. rubriceps)
Brachycope
  • Bob-tailed Weaver (B. anomala)
Quelea
  • Cardinal Quelea (Q. cardinalis)
  • Red-headed Quelea (Q. erythrops)
  • Red-billed Quelea (Q. quelea)
Foudia
  • Red Fody (F. madagascariensis)
  • Red-headed Fody (Foudia eminentissima) (Comoro Fody and Aldabra Fody if species spilt)
  • Forest Fody (F. omissa)
  • Mauritius Fody (F. rubra)
  • Seychelles Fody (F. sechellarum)
  • Rodrigues Fody (F. flavicans)
Euplectes
  • Yellow-crowned Bishop (E. afer)
  • Fire-fronted Bishop (E. diadematus)
  • Black Bishop (E. gierowii)
  • Black-winged Red Bishop (E. hordeaceus)
  • Northern Red Bishop or Orange Bishop (E. franciscanus)
  • Southern Red Bishop or Red Bishop (E. orix)
  • Zanzibar Red Bishop (E. nigroventris)
  • Golden-backed Bishop (E. aureus)
  • Yellow Bishop (E. capensis)
  • Fan-tailed Widowbird (E. axillaris)
  • Yellow-mantled Widowbird (E. macroura)
  • White-winged Widowbird (E. albonotatus)
  • Red-collared Widowbird (E. ardens)
  • Marsh Widowbird (E. hartlaubi)
  • Montane Widowbird (E. psammacromius)
  • Long-tailed Widowbird (E. progne)
  • Jackson's Widowbird (E. jacksoni)
Anomalospiza
  • Cuckoo Finch also called Parasitic Weaver (A. imberbis) (probably belongs in Viduidae)
Amblyospiza
  • Thick-billed Weaver (A. albifrons)