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''Urocolius'' is a small genus of mousebirds.
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''Urocolius'' is a small genus of mousebirds. Species
It consists of two species which inhabit Eastern and Southern Africa:Description
They are typically about 32 cm (13 in) long omnivorous birds, eating insects, small millipedes and plant material. ''Urocolius indicus'' in particular eats a great deal of fruit, leaves, buds, flowers, nectar and similar material.Maclean, Gordon Lindsay. Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa Publisher: New Holland 1993. ''"Urocolius" archiaci'', ''"U." consobrinus'' and ''"U." paludicola'' are 3 taxa described from fragmentary Early Miocene remains found atSaint-Gérand-le-Puy
Saint-Gérard-le-Puy (; oc, Sant Geran del Puèi) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
Geography
Much of the local rock is limestone common in the Auvergne, known as ''indusial'', because of the cas ...
in France. Their taxonomic
Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification.
A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...
history is convoluted, being initially described as woodpeckers and variously merged and split. Today it is believed that at least 2 belong to the prehistoric genus '' Limnatornis''. They sometimes are all united under the first of the 3 names although it is not clear with what justification. The same rationales presumably apply for undescribed but similar remains found in Late Miocene strata at Kohfidisch
Kohfidisch (; hu, Gyepűfüzes, hr, Gornji Fideš, Burgenland Croatian: ''Zgornji Fideš'') is a municipality in the district of Oberwart in the Austrian state of Burgenland
Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''B ...
( Austria).Mlíkovský, Jirí (2002): ''Cenozoic Birds of the World, Part 1: Europe''. Ninox Press, Prague.PDF fulltext
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