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Blue-billed Malimbe

Malimbus nitens

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 38 g
Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens), photo 1
Photo: agujaceratops · CC BY 4.0
Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens), photo 2
Photo: Mahomed Desai · CC BY 4.0
Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens), photo 3
Photo: Mahomed Desai · CC BY 4.0
Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens), photo 4
Photo: Mahomed Desai · CC BY 4.0
Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens), photo 5
Photo: Mahomed Desai · CC BY 4.0
Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens), photo 6
Photo: Mahomed Desai · CC BY 4.0
Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens), photo 7
Photo: Mahomed Desai · CC BY 4.0
Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens), photo 8
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Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens), photo 9
Photo: (c) agujaceratops, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Blue-billed Malimbe (Malimbus nitens), photo 10
Photo: (c) Mahomed Desai, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Blue-billed Malimbe

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Blue-billed Malimbe

Regular range

The map shades 16 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ghana Nigeria Côte d’Ivoire Cameroon Uganda Liberia Gabon Equatorial Guinea Sierra Leone Congo - Brazzaville Benin Congo - Kinshasa Central African Republic Guinea-Bissau Guinea Senegal

About the Blue-billed Malimbe

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

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Red-vented Malimbe (Malimbus scutatus) Red-vented MalimbeMalimbus scutatusThe red-vented malimbe is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. Crested Malimbe (Malimbus malimbicus) Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicusThe crested malimbe is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. Cassin's Malimbe (Malimbus cassini) Cassin's MalimbeMalimbus cassiniCassin's malimbe is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.

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