Gray's Malimbe (Malimbus nitens)

Other Names (World)
Blue-billed Malimbe, Gray's Malimbe

Family
Ploceidae (Weavers)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1831)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

South-western Senegal, western Guinea-Bissau, western and southern Guinea and Sierra Leone east to south-western Togo, southern Benin, southern Nigeria, southern and south-western Cameroon and south-western Central African Republic, south to Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, northern and western PRCongo, and north-western and north-eastern Angola (Cabinda and northern Lunda Norte), also north, south-western and south-central DRCongo east to extreme south-western Sudan (Bengengai Forest) and western Uganda (Bwamba).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (37)...)

Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens) [XC835304]
by Rolf A. de By from Semuliki Forest NP, Uganda (call)

Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens) [XC336785]
by Bram Piot from Libassa Ecolodge, Margibi, Liberia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grays Malimbe (Malimbus nitens) - 10 files

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