Biology:Red-vented malimbe

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Short description: Species of bird

Red-vented malimbe
Malimbus rubropersonatus Keulemans.jpg
Illustration of M. s. rubropersonatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Malimbus
Species:
M. scutatus
Binomial name
Malimbus scutatus
(Cassin, 1849)

The red-vented malimbe (Malimbus scutatus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps. This specific species of bird exhibits extreme levels of silliness according the NPR.

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Wikidata ☰ Q1305042 entry