Malimbus

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Malimbus is a genus of brightly colored African weaver birds known for their intricate nest-building and sexual dimorphism.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Malimbus canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsToGroup weaver birds ⓘ
characteristic bright plumage ⓘ
intricate nest-building ⓘ
sexual dimorphism ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName malimbes ⓘ
communication vocalizations ⓘ
describedAs brightly colored African weaver birds ⓘ
diet fruit ⓘ
insects ⓘ
other small invertebrates ⓘ
seeds ⓘ
family Ploceidae ⓘ
familyCommonName weavers ⓘ
foragingStratum canopy ⓘ
subcanopy ⓘ
geographicDistribution Africa ⓘ
habitat forest edges ⓘ
forests ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ
hasSpecies Malimbus ballmanni ⓘ
Malimbus cassini ⓘ
Malimbus coronatus ⓘ
linked to: Malimbus scutatus

Malimbus ibadanensis ⓘ
Malimbus malimbicus ⓘ
Malimbus nitens ⓘ
Malimbus racheliae ⓘ
Malimbus rubricollis ⓘ
Malimbus scarlatinus ⓘ
Malimbus scutatus ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
matingSystem socially monogamous in many species ⓘ
nativeTo sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
linked to: Sub-Saharan Africa
nestComplexity intricate ⓘ
nestType woven nests ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction egg-laying ⓘ
reproductiveBehavior colonial nesting ⓘ
sexualDimorphismType males more brightly colored than females ⓘ
socialBehavior gregarious ⓘ
taxonAuthor Louis Pierre Vieillot ⓘ
taxonomicRank genus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ploceidae → notableGenus → Malimbus ⓘ