The Crested Malimbe has a red head and glossy black body and lives in forests of western and central Africa.
It has a glossy black body, a red head and a small black eye mask. The female has a shorter crest than the male.
It forages among foliage, fine twigs and dense lianas in the middle forest layers. It is usually alone or in pairs and sometimes joins mixed-species foraging flocks.
It eats beetles, grasshoppers, cicadas, caterpillars, insect eggs and spiders, as well as fibres from oil-palm fruit.
It weaves thin strips torn from palm leaves and stems into a compact, globular nest, with a short entrance tube below.
It roosts in its nest at night, and some nests are used only for roosting.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.