Malimbus Malimbicus Bird
Malimbus Malimbicus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Tanagra malimbica Ann.Mus.Hist.Nat.Paris 1 p.151
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Malimbus
Taxonomy Code: cremal1
Type Locality: Malimbe [Portuguese Congo].
Author: Daudin
Publish Year: 1802
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MALIMBUS
(Ploceidae; Ϯ Crested Malimbe M. malimbicus) Malimbe or Malimba, Portuguese Congo (= Malembo, Cabinda enclave, Angola); "LE MALIMBE HUPPÉ ... LE MALIMBE, Buffon, édition de Sonnini. Malimbus cristatus. ON trouve ce bel oiseau dans le royaume de Congo, situé sur la côte occidentale de l'Afrique; mais il n'habite que dans le temps de ses amours la contrée de Malimbe, dont M. Sonnini lui a imposé le nom. ... Ces oiseaux arrivent à Malimbe vers les mois d'octobre et de novembre, y font leur ponte, n'y séjournent que dans la saison de la maturité des figues, et n'y reviennent qu'à la même époque de l'année suivante." (Vieillot 1805); "Malimbus Vieillot, 1805, Ois. Chant., p. 71. Type, by monotypy, Malimbus cristatus Vieillot = Tanagra malimbica Daudin." (Moreau in Peters 1962, XV, 57); "MALIMBUS Vieillot, 1805 M - Malimbus cristatus Vieillot, 1805; type by monotypy and virtual tautonymy = Tanagra malimbica Daudin, 1802." (Dickinson & Christidis (eds.) 2014, 289) (see manimbe). Recent work indicates that this genus should also include the African and Malagasy members of Ploceus.
Synon. Atalochrous, Ficophaga, Sycobius.
malimbica / malimbicus
Malimba or Malimbe, Portuguese Congo (= Cabinda Enclave, Angola).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur de Malimbe” of de Buffon (Sonnini ed.) 1800-1802 (Halcyon).
SUBSPECIES
Crested Malimbe (nigrifrons)
Latin Name: Malimbus malimbicus nigrifrons
nigrifrons
L. niger black; frons, frontis forehead, brow.
● ex “Black-fronted Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
Crested Malimbe (malimbicus)
Latin Name: Malimbus malimbicus malimbicus
malimbica / malimbicus
Malimba or Malimbe, Portuguese Congo (= Cabinda Enclave, Angola).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur de Malimbe” of de Buffon (Sonnini ed.) 1800-1802 (Halcyon).
Crested Malimbe (crassirostris)
Latin Name: Malimbus malimbicus crassirostris
crassirostra / crassirostre / crassirostris
L. crassus thick, heavy; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Coucou à Gros Bec” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 214 (syn. Eudynamys scolopaceus).
● ex “Alouette à Gros Bec” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 193 (syn. Galerida magnirostris).
● ex “Thick-billed Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (Oryzoborus).
● ex “Thick-billed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (‡syn. Turnagra capensis).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)