Species profile
Red-vented Malimbe
Malimbus scutatus
Quick answer
REMARK. — Guinea-Congo forest resident. Reported for Ouagadougou area (Thonnérieux et al. 1989), but not considered as present in Burkina Faso bny Borrow & Demey (2014).
- Scientific name
- Malimbus scutatus
- Family
- Ploceidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Malimbus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Red-vented Malimbe in your journal
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Related species in Ploceidae
- African Golden Weaver (Ploceus subaureus)
- Aldabra Fody (Foudia aldabrana)
- Amblyospiza aethiopica (Amblyospiza aethiopica)
- Asian Golden Weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus)
- Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht)
- Ballman's Malimbe (Malimbus ballmanni)
- Bannerman's Weaver (Ploceus bannermani)
- Bar-winged Weaver (Ploceus angolensis)