Red-crowned Malimbe
Malimbus coronatus Sharpe, 1906
Ploceidae — Weavers, Widowbirds
Red-crowned Malimbe, Malimbus coronatus, is a passerine in the weaver family, found from Cameroon to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lives across central African forest, including the canopy, and was described by Sharpe in 1906. Adult females are entirely black, while males show red on the crown. Its recorded range also includes the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ploceidae — Weavers, Widowbirds
- Breeding range
- Africa: Cameroon to e DR Congo
