The genus
Malimbus was introduced in 1805 by the French ornithologist
Louis Vieillot to accommodate a single species,
Malibus cristatus Vieillot. This is the
type species. It is a
junior synonym of
Tanagra malimbica, the
crested malimbe, that had been described by the French zoologist
François Marie Daudin in 1802. The genus contains the following ten
species: ==References==