The mousebirds are birds in the order Coliiformes. They are the sister group to the clade Cavitaves, which includes the Leptosomiformes (the cuckoo roller)...
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The speckled mousebird (Colius striatus) is the largest species of mousebird, as well as one of the most common. It is found throughout most of Central...
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The red-faced mousebird (Urocolius indicus) is a species of mousebird or coly. It is a common in southern Africa from the Democratic Republic of Congo...
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The red-backed mousebird (Colius castanotus) is a species of bird in the Coliidae family. It is found in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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The white-backed mousebird (Colius colius) is a large species of mousebird. It is distributed in western and central regions of southern Africa from Namibia...
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The blue-naped mousebird (Urocolius macrourus), also formerly called the blue-naped coly (Colius macrourus) is a species of bird belonging to the family...
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The white-headed mousebird (Colius leucocephalus) is a bird belonging to the mousebird family, Coliidae. It is found only in east Africa where it occurs...
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birds had talons similar to those of modern birds of prey, including mousebird relatives (Sandcoleidae), Messelasturidae and some Enantiornithes, indicating...
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Family Strigidae: true owls Sub-Saharan Africa; 6 species Family Coliidae: mousebirds Madagascar; 1 species Family Leptosomidae: cuckoo-roller Sub-Saharan Africa...
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Coraciimorphae is a clade of birds that contains the order Coliiformes (mousebirds) and the clade Cavitaves (a large assemblage of birds that includes woodpeckers...
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Some species, especially of arid zones, belonging to the pigeon, finch, mousebird, button-quail and bustard families are capable of sucking up water without...
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condors) Accipitriformes (eagles and hawks) Strigiformes (owls) Coliiformes (mousebirds) Trogoniformes (trogons and quetzals) Leptosomiformes (cuckoo-roller)...
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Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 6, Mousebirds to Hornbills. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. pp. 103–187. ISBN 978-84-87334-30-6...
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(turacos) Cacatuidae (cockatoos) Psittacidae (parrots and macaws) Coliidae (mousebird) Callaeidae (kokako, saddleback and huia) Campephagidae (lobotos) Meliphagidae...
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Duranta erecta Duranta Flowers Duranta Bush 'Saphhire Blue' cultivar Mousebird feeding on fruit A large shrub Flower closeup Small hedge Grown as a small...
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leafbird Blue-moustached bee-eater Blue-naped chlorophonia Blue-naped mousebird Blue-naped parrot Blue-naped pitta Blue-necked jacamar Blue-necked tanager...
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U. macrourus may refer to: Urocolius macrourus, the blue-naped mousebird, a bird species Urotriorchis macrourus, the long-tailed hawk, a bird of prey...
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in height and 30.9 cm (12.2 in) in length. The largest mousebird species, the speckled mousebird (Colius striatus), weighs 2 ounces (57 g) with a height...
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abini (Navajo: little morning bird) is an extinct relative of the modern mousebirds, found in 2017 in the Nacimiento Formation on ancestral Navajo lands in...
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Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". IOC World Bird List Version...
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condors) Accipitriformes (eagles and hawks) Strigiformes (owls) Coliiformes (mousebirds) Trogoniformes (trogons and quetzals) Leptosomiformes (cuckoo-roller)...
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Oligocolius (meaning "Oligocene mousebird") is an unusual genus of extinct mousebird from the early to late Oligocene epoch of Germany. Oligocolius is...
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(Bucerotiformes), trogons (Trogoniformes), cuckoo roller (Leptosomiformes), mousebirds (Coliiformes), owls (Strigiformes), raptors (Accipitriformes) and New...
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bat Pied imperial pigeon Red junglefowl Rose-ringed parakeet Speckled mousebird Superb starling Emerald tree monitor Chinese crocodile lizard Prehensile-tailed...
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Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". IOC World Bird List Version...
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Colius is a genus of mousebirds in the family Coliidae. The four species are widely distributed in Africa. Two other African mousebirds are placed in the...
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Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". IOC World Bird List Version...
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documented; they are largely frugivorous, including the white-backed mousebird and speckled mousebird All five of the quetzals in genus Pharomachrus are specialized...
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condors) Accipitriformes (eagles and hawks) Strigiformes (owls) Coliiformes (mousebirds) Trogoniformes (trogons and quetzals) Leptosomiformes (cuckoo-roller)...
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