Blue-billed malimbe
The blue-billed malimbe or Gray's malimbe (Malimbus nitens) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ploceidae |
| Genus: | Malimbus |
| Species: | M. nitens |
| Binomial name | |
| Malimbus nitens (Gray, 1831) | |
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 (2012). "Malimbus nitens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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