#malimbe

[best-bird-tournament]

Weaver (Ploceidae) family - round 1, section 1

Which is the best bird?

Red-headed weaver

Red-billed quelea

Red fody

Thick-billed weaver

Compact weaver

Jackson's widowbird

Crested malimbe

Voting ended onDec 5, 2025

[herpsandbirds]

Crested Malimbe (Malimbus malimbicus), family Ploceidae, order Passeriformes, found in central Africa

photographs: Dubi Shapiro, Paul van Giersbergen, Gareth Knass

[birdstudies]

December 24, 2021 - Black-throated Malimbe (Malimbus cassini)

Found in parts of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Ghana, these birds live in forests and wetlands. Foraging in pairs or small flocks, sometimes with other species, they eat mostly insects, along with some fruit. They build their nests cooperatively with one female and several males working together to weave a round nest with a long, downward facing entrance tunnel from palm frond strips in a palm or other tree. One of the males remains with the female, incubating the eggs and caring for the chicks with her.

[birdstudies]

June 21, 2018 - Blue-billed Malimbe or Gray's Malimbe (Malimbus nitens)

These weavers are found across central Africa from Senegal east to western Uganda. They eat mostly arthropods, including caterpillars, ants, and grasshoppers, along with some seeds and fruits. Males build ball-shaped nests from palm fibers, twigs, and other plant materials, sometimes in loose colonies. Females incubate the eggs alone.

[best-bird-tournament]

Malimbe (Malimbus)

Which is the best bird?

Blue-billed malimbe

Red-headed malimbe

Crested malimbe

Voting ended onJul 6, 2025

[wildmigration]

Read an excerpt from chapter six of Birdsong After the Storm: 'Dawn breaks across Nokoué Lake' I am immersed in writing Birdsong and have little extra time to look out at the world.