Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Ploceidae > Malimbus > Malimbus erythrogasterMalimbus erythrogaster (Red-bellied Malimbe)The red-bellied malimbe (Malimbus erythrogaster) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Uganda. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 3.7163 EDGE Score: 1.55103 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 45 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 10 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 80 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 30 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 70 % |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests |
Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Central Congolian lowland forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Cross-Niger transition forests |
Nigeria |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests |
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Eastern Congolian swamp forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Niger Delta swamp forests |
Nigeria |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Nigerian lowland forests |
Nigeria, Benin |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northeastern Congolian lowland forests |
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northwestern Congolian lowland forests |
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Western Congolian swamp forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bakossi mountains |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Banyang Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bengangai |
Sudan |
A1, A3 |
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Campo Ma'an complex |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cross River National Park: Oban Division |
Nigeria |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dimonika Biosphere Reserve |
Congo |
A1, A3 |
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Dja Faunal Reserve |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dzanga-Ndoki National Park |
Central African Republic |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Forests west of Lake Edward |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Gamba Protected Areas Complex |
Gabon |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve |
Gabon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Itombwe Mountains |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kibale National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Korup National Park |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lobéké National Park |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lomako: Yekokora |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3 |
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Lopé Faunal Reserve |
Gabon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lower Kouilou basin |
Congo |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Maiko National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3 |
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Mbam Minkom: Kala |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Minkébé Forest Reserve |
Gabon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Monte Alen National Park |
Equatorial Guinea |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ngiri |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Nki |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex |
Congo |
A3 |
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Odzala National Park complex |
Congo |
A3 |
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Okapi Faunal Reserve |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Salonga National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3 |
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Semliki National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Yabassi |
Cameroon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Guinean Forests of West Africa |
Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Togo |
No |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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