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Speckled Mousebird

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Speckled Mousebird

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Also known as Colius striatus

species of bird

Species

Least Concern

Speckled Mousebird

species

Observations7,588

Der Braunflügel-Mausvogel (Colius striatus), manchmal auch Gestreifter Mausvogel, ist eine afrikanische Vogelart aus der Familie der Mausvögel.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Colius
Mass
3.4
Image
Speckled mousebird.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
Commons category
Colius striatus
taxon name
Colius striatus
Commons gallery
Colius striatus
taxon common name
rabo-de-junco-estriado
litter size
2.4
diel cycle
diurnality
short name
C. striatus
taxon range
Africa
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Encyclopedic overview

Subspecies C. s. leucotis (right), and C. s. affinis (left); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1892 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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Speckled Mousebird” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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