Typical Mousebirds
Colius
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 genus Urocolius.
The genus Colius was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the white-backed mousebird (Colius colius) as the type species.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Speckled Mousebird
speciesColius striatus
White-backed Mousebird
speciesColius colius
White-headed Mousebird
speciesColius leucocephalus
Red-backed Mousebird
speciesColius castanotus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 3702.