Skip to content
White-backed Mousebird

Encyclopedia of Life · EOL (see source)

EntityQ520277· pop 32· linked from 28 articles

White-backed Mousebird

Sign in to save

Also known as Colius colius

species of bird

Species

Least Concern

Der Weißrücken-Mausvogel (Colius colius) ist eine afrikanische Vogelart aus der Familie der Mausvögel. Der Vogel kommt in den trockenen Savannen Namibias, Botswanas und Südafrikas vor. Der Lebensraum umfasst Strandwüste, küstennahe Fynbosvegetation, Buschland und Halbwüste, gerne auch Baumgürtel in Flussnähe sowie bewässertes Kultur- und Farmland. Die Art ist Standvogel. Das Artepitheton soll sich von altgriechisch κόλοιος koloios, deutsch ‚Dohle‘ ableiten.

via IUCN

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Colius
Mass
41.3
Image
Colius White-backed mousebird feeding on Duranta berries 9860s.jpg
Show 9 more facts
taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
Commons category
Colius colius
taxon name
Colius colius
taxon common name
sivoglava mišjakinja
litter size
3
longest observed lifespan
8
short name
C. colius
taxon range
Africa
Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~4 min read

Encyclopedic overview

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.

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

Gallery (3)