Blue-billed malimbe

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The blue-billed malimbe or Gray's malimbe (Malimbus nitens) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

Blue-billed malimbe
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Malimbus
Species:
M. nitens
Binomial name
Malimbus nitens
(Gray, JE, 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

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  1. ^ 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.
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