Pali mitundu pafupifupi 4,000 ya mbalame zoyimba. Zodziwika bwino kwambiri ndi jay, wren, tits, finches, larks, namzeze, thrushes, ndi nyenyezi. Mpheta nazonso zimaimba nyimbo. Mpheta wamba wamba amatchedwanso mpheta.
Mbalame zoyimba nyimbo zili ndi mapapo apadera: ndi amphamvu kwambiri koma aang'ono kwambiri. Ngakhale zili pamwamba, mbalame zoimba nyimbo zimatha kupeza mpweya wochokera mumlengalenga. Ali ndi matumba akuluakulu a mpweya m'matupi awo kuti athe kuziziritsa minofu yawo.
Mbalame za nyimbo zimatha kuuluka bwino kwambiri. Ali ndi mafupa opepuka. Mafupa ambiri ndi obowoka mkati, kuphatikizapo mlomo. Kumbali imodzi, izi zimabweretsa kulemera kochepa. Kumbali ina, mawu ake amamveka mwamphamvu chifukwa cha zibowo. Izi ndizofanana ndi gitala kapena violin.
Dzina lakuti mbalame yoimba nyimbo silimangonena za mbalame zonse zimene zimaimba bwino kwambiri. Mbalame zonse zoyimba nyimbo zimagwirizana. Anachokera ku Australia pafupifupi zaka 33 miliyoni zapitazo. Mitundu yosiyanasiyana yasanduka kuchokera ku chisinthiko. Kuchokera ku Australia, zafalikira padziko lonse lapansi.