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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. The genus contains the following four species: A fossil species, ''Colius hendeyi'', was described from Early Pliocene remains found at Langebaanweg in South Africa. Some Miocene taxa from France were previously assigned to ''Colius''. Of these, only the Middle Miocene ''"Colius" palustris'' might plausibly belong there,Mlíkovský (2002) but it is more often separated in ''Necrornis''. In younger lineages like Passeriformes, extant genera (e.g. '' Menura'' and ''Orthonyx'') were around by then, though it must be remembered that simply because two taxa are of same taxonomic rank they do not need to be of the same age. All that can be sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colius White-backed Mousebird Feeding On Duranta Berries 9860s
''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. The genus contains the following four species: A fossil species, ''Colius hendeyi'', was described from Early Pliocene remains found at Langebaanweg in South Africa. Some Miocene taxa from France were previously assigned to ''Colius''. Of these, only the Middle Miocene ''"Colius" palustris'' might plausibly belong there,Mlíkovský (2002) but it is more often separated in ''Necrornis''. In younger lineages like Passeriformes, extant genera (e.g. '' Menura'' and ''Orthonyx'') were around by then, though it must be remembered that simply because two taxa are of same taxonomic rank they do not need to be of the same age. All that can be sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colius Striatus - Wüstenhaus
''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. The genus contains the following four species: A fossil species, ''Colius hendeyi'', was described from Early Pliocene remains found at Langebaanweg in South Africa. Some Miocene taxa from France were previously assigned to ''Colius''. Of these, only the Middle Miocene ''"Colius" palustris'' might plausibly belong there,Mlíkovský (2002) but it is more often separated in ''Necrornis''. In younger lineages like Passeriformes, extant genera (e.g. '' Menura'' and ''Orthonyx'') were around by then, though it must be remembered that simply because two taxa are of same taxonomic rank they do not need to be of the same age. All that can be sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speckled Mousebird
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, Eastern and Southern Africa. Taxonomy The speckled mousebird was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's ''Systema Naturae''. He placed it with the mousebirds in the genus ''Colius'' and coined the binomial name ''Colius striatus''. Gmelin based his description on the "Coliou rayé" that had been described in 1778 by the French polymath Comte de Buffon from a specimen that had been collected near the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Seventeen subspecies are recognised: * ''C. s. nigricollis'' Vieillot, 1817 – Ghana and Nigeria to southwest Central African Republic and south to west Angola and southwest DR Congo * ''C. s. leucophthalmus'' Chapin, 1921 – north DR Congo, southeast Central African Republic and southwest Sudan * ''C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coliidae
The mousebirds are birds in the order Coliiformes. They are the sister group to the clade Eucavitaves, which includes the Leptosomiformes (the cuckoo roller), Trogoniformes (trogons), Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes), Piciformes (woodpeckers, toucans, and barbets) and Coraciformes (kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers, motmots, and todies). This group is now confined to sub-Saharan Africa, and it is the only bird order confined entirely to that continent, with the possible exception of turacos which are considered by some as the distinct order Musophagiformes, and the cuckoo roller, which is the only member of the order Leptosomiformes, and which is found in Madagascar but not mainland Africa. Mousebirds had a wider range in the Paleogene, with a widespread distribution in Europe and North America during the Paleocene. Description Mousebirds are slender greyish or brown birds with soft, hairlike body feathers. They are typically about in body length, with a long, thin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colius Striatus
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, Eastern and Southern Africa. Taxonomy The speckled mousebird was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's ''Systema Naturae''. He placed it with the mousebirds in the genus ''Colius'' and coined the binomial name ''Colius striatus''. Gmelin based his description on the "Coliou rayé" that had been described in 1778 by the French polymath Comte de Buffon from a specimen that had been collected near the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Seventeen subspecies are recognised: * ''C. s. nigricollis'' Vieillot, 1817 – Ghana and Nigeria to southwest Central African Republic and south to west Angola and southwest DR Congo * ''C. s. leucophthalmus'' Chapin, 1921 – north DR Congo, southeast Central African Republic and southwest Sudan * ''C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-backed Mousebird
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 and southern Botswana eastwards to Central Transvaal and the eastern Cape. This mousebird prefers scrubby dry habitats, such as thornveld, fynbos scrub and semi-desert. This bird is about long, with the tail comprising approximately half the length, and weighs . The upper parts, head, prominent crest and breast are grey apart from a white back stripe flanked by two broad black stripes and a dark red, or maroon, transverse band at the base of the tail. The white is not visible unless the wings are at least partly open, such as when the birds are alighting, or sometimes in hot weather. The belly is buff in colour. The bill is bluish white with a black tip, and the legs and feet are red. The speckled mousebird can be distinguished from this species by its differently coloured beak, legs and upperparts. The white-backed mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-backed Mousebird
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 and southern Botswana eastwards to Central Transvaal and the eastern Cape. This mousebird prefers scrubby dry habitats, such as thornveld, fynbos scrub and semi-desert. This bird is about long, with the tail comprising approximately half the length, and weighs . The upper parts, head, prominent crest and breast are grey apart from a white back stripe flanked by two broad black stripes and a dark red, or maroon, transverse band at the base of the tail. The white is not visible unless the wings are at least partly open, such as when the birds are alighting, or sometimes in hot weather. The belly is buff in colour. The bill is bluish white with a black tip, and the legs and feet are red. The speckled mousebird can be distinguished from this species by its differently coloured beak, legs and upperparts. The white-backed mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colius Colius
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 and southern Botswana eastwards to Central Transvaal and the eastern Cape. This mousebird prefers scrubby dry habitats, such as thornveld, fynbos scrub and semi-desert. This bird is about long, with the tail comprising approximately half the length, and weighs . The upper parts, head, prominent crest and breast are grey apart from a white back stripe flanked by two broad black stripes and a dark red, or maroon, transverse band at the base of the tail. The white is not visible unless the wings are at least partly open, such as when the birds are alighting, or sometimes in hot weather. The belly is buff in colour. The bill is bluish white with a black tip, and the legs and feet are red. The speckled mousebird can be distinguished from this species by its differently coloured beak, legs and upperparts. The white-backed mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colius Castanotus
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 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in .... The name mousebird is based on bird's soft feathers with texture similar to a mouse's fur. The red-backed mousebird got its name from the red or chestnut color patch on its back. Location and habitat River borders that provide water sources for vegetation like trees and bushes are the prefect ideal homes for mousebirds. Their environment is located near the rivers between borders both southern Angola and northern Namibia. The red-backed mousebird prefers less dense forests than those favorable to other mousebirds. Shrubs are also favored, especially with thorns, to keep preda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-backed Mousebird
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. The name mousebird is based on bird's soft feathers with texture similar to a mouse's fur. The red-backed mousebird got its name from the red or chestnut color patch on its back. Location and habitat River borders that provide water sources for vegetation like trees and bushes are the prefect ideal homes for mousebirds. Their environment is located near the rivers between borders both southern Angola and northern Namibia. The red-backed mousebird prefers less dense forests than those favorable to other mousebirds. Shrubs are also favored, especially with thorns, to keep predators away from their nests. The red-backed mousebird's nest structure is characterized as "cup-like, thick and untidy state". Physical Features Like other mousebirds, Colius castanotus possesses feathers that resembles the soft fur of a mouse, but it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-headed Mousebird
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 in southern Somalia and parts of Kenya with its range just extending into southern Ethiopia and northern Tanzania. It inhabits arid bushland up to 1,400 metres above sea-level. It is 32 cm long with the long, graduated tail accounting for over half of this. The plumage is mainly greyish with black and white barring on the back, neck and breast. It has a white crest, crown and cheeks. There is a white stripe down the back which becomes visible when the bird flies. Around the eye is a patch of dark, bare skin. The bill is bluish-white above and buff below. In juvenile birds, the throat and breast are buff. The northern subspecies (''C. l. turneri'') is darker than the southern form (''C. l. leucocephalus''). The contact call is a scratchy chattering and the bird also has a descending song. References *Sinclair, Ian & Ryan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colius Leucocephalus
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 in southern Somalia and parts of Kenya with its range just extending into southern Ethiopia and northern Tanzania. It inhabits arid bushland up to 1,400 metres above sea-level. It is 32 cm long with the long, graduated tail accounting for over half of this. The plumage is mainly greyish with black and white barring on the back, neck and breast. It has a white crest, crown and cheeks. There is a white stripe down the back which becomes visible when the bird flies. Around the eye is a patch of dark, bare skin. The bill is bluish-white above and buff below. In juvenile birds, the throat and breast are buff. The northern subspecies (''C. l. turneri'') is darker than the southern form (''C. l. leucocephalus''). The contact call is a scratchy chattering and the bird also has a descending song. References *Sinclair, Ian & Ryan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
