Weavers (Ploceidae)
Red-vented Malimbe (Malimbus scutatus) - HBW 15, p. 196
French: Malimbe à queue rouge
German: Rotsteißweber
Spanish: Malimbo Culirrojo
Taxonomy: S[y]cobius scutatus Cassin, 1849, ‘Western Africa' = Sierra Leone.
Has been thought to form a superspecies with M. cassini. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- scutatus ( Cassin, 1849) - S & SE Sierra Leone, SE Guinea, Liberia, S Ivory Coast, SW Ghana.
- scutopartitus Reichenow, 1894 - SE Benin, S Nigeria and SW Cameroon.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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pair (female in foreground) in canopy Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 8 December 2010 1 year ago 27 sec 3
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Female nest building.
Locality Ankasa-Nini National Park, Western Region, Ghana (ssp scutatus)
Nik Borrow 14 April 2012 51 weeks ago 3.8 -
Male perched
Locality Gola North, Gola Forest Reserve, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone (ssp scutatus)
Nik Borrow 15 February 2010 1 year ago 3.7
- No sound recordings available yet
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