Crested Malimbe bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
Old latin name for birdTanagra malimbica, Malimbus cristatus
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyWeavers, Widowbirds / Ploceidae
GenusMalimbus
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionw, c

Crested Malimbe bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Hans Matheve
    Ghana
  • 2.
    Call, © Martin St-Michel
    Uganda
  • 3.
    Call, male, © Martin St-Michel
    Uganda
  • 4.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Ghana
  • 5.
    Call, © Étienne Leroy
    Ivory Coast
  • 6.
    Male, song, © Étienne Leroy
    Ivory Coast
  • 7.
    Call, © Mike Nelson
    Cameroon
  • 8.
    Alarm call, call, male, © Martin St-Michel
    Uganda
  • 9.
    Call, flight call, © Martin St-Michel
    Uganda
  • 10.
    Call, song, © Mike Nelson
    Cameroon
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Crested Malimbe

Crested Malimbe subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Malimbus malimbicus malimbicusCameroon to Uganda, DR Congo and nw Angola-No
Malimbus malimbicus nigrifronsSierra Leone to Nigeria-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalanmalimbe crestat
Chinese冠精织雀
Chinese (Traditional)冠馬利布鳥
Croatiankukmasta pletilja
Czechsnovatec chocholatý
DanishToppet Pragtvæver
DutchKuifprachtwever
EsperantoMalimbo
Finnishpunatöyhtökutoja
FrenchMalimbe huppé, Tisserin-malimbe huppé
GermanHauben-Prachtweber, Haubenweber, Hauben-Weber
Hungariankontyos püspökmadár
IcelandicSkartvefari
ItalianMalimbe crestato, Malimbo dalla cresta
Japaneseカンムリヒオドシハタオリ, カンムリモリハタオリ
Lithuaniankuoduotasis malimbas
Maltesemalimbu ta' l-għalla
NorwegianToppvever, toppvever
Norwegian NynorskToppvevar
Polishwikłacz czubaty, wiklacz czubaty
Portuguesemalimbo-de-poupa, Tecelão de poupa, Tecelão-de-poupa, malimbo-de-crista, malimbe-de-poupa
RussianХохлатый малимбус, Краснохохлый малимб
SerbianĆubasta tkalja
Slovakpletiarka chochlatá
SpanishMalimbe Copetón, Malimbo crestado
SwahiliPasha Kishungi
Swedishtofsmalimbe
TurkishTepeli Malimbe
Ukrainianмалімб чубатий