Mousebird

Mousebird
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Mousebird
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
or coly(k´l), common name for small, slender birds, comprising six species in the single genus Colius of the family Coliidae.

Mousebirds
The Coliidae are a small order of 6 species of birds all in the one genus, Colius, collectively they are known as Colies or Mousebirds, because of the way they clamber around in dense vegetation.

Mousebird, Blue-naped Urocolius macrourus Found: Africa
Photographed by: 1) Doug Janson 2, 3, 4) DIck Daniels in Tanzania
Mousebird, Red-faced Urocolius indicus Found: Africa
Photographed by: Linn Currie ...

Speckled Mousebird
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
They are predominantly brown in color and have a head crest of the same coloring. Its bill is black on the upper part and a pinkish color on the lower part of the bill.

Mousebird Chick
A blue-naped mousebird hatched on April 18, and the chick is already starting to test his wings. He is climbing around the nest site, and we have found him on the ground a couple of times.

MOUSEBIRDS (Coliidae) (also see Softbills): Mousebirds by Kateri J. Davis ...

The Cathartiformes and Accipitriformes together are sister to a group of non-passerine landbirds, including owls, mousebirds, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, barbets, and woodpeckers.

: Striatus translates as 'striped', which may be a better descriptor for this mousebird than 'speckled' since the chest, throat, cheeks and nape are very finely barred. True to its name however, its uppers are a mousy brown.

See also: Parrot, Crane, Kingfisher, Pigeon, Stork