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 EN    Ballmann's Malimbe* Id (Atlas):
    Malimbus ballmanni

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Gola Malimbe, Ballman's Malimbe, Tai Malimbe

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
17 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Wolters, 1974

Habitat
Lowland primary forest, lightly logged high forest and very old secondary forest. From sea-level - 400 m.

Range (Guide)
Côte dIvoire (B) (NB), Guinea, Liberia (B) (NB), Sierra Leone (B) (NB).

Extreme eastern Sierra Leone (Gola Forest) and adjacent western Liberia; eastern Liberia and adjacent western Ivory Coast, and recently located in extreme south-eastern Guinea.
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat destruction and degradation through commercial logging and conversion to agriculture is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Song phrases or calls by males include a series of chattering sounds followed by a wheezing phrase lasting about three seconds 'cheg chig cheg cheg chega zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz', similar to Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus). Females' song is similar, 'cheg cheg chig chag chaaag cheg chiiig'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

 
Gola Malimbe (Malimbus ballmanni) [XC432170]
     by Marc Languy from Kailahun, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone (song)

 
Gola Malimbe (Malimbus ballmanni) [XC723353]
     by Marc Languy from Tjeh, Wedjah, Sinoe, Liberia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Sometimes referred to as Malimbus golensis, but this is a nomen nudum. Has been thought to form a superspecies with Rachel's Malimbe (Malimbus racheliae).


References
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Files:
JPG files for Ballmanns Malimbe (Malimbus ballmanni) - 10 files


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