Blue-billed malimbe

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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)

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

It is native to the African tropical rainforest.

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References

  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.