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White-backed mousebird (Colius colius)
Subject: White-backed mousebird (Colius colius)
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Colius White-backed mousebird feeding on Duranta berries 9860s.jpg
Resolution: 756x1228 File Size: 386761 Bytes Date: 2010:07:17 11:45:50 Camera: Canon PowerShot A650 IS (Canon) F number: f/4.8 Exposure: 1/320 sec Focal Length: 44400/1000 Upload Date: 2017:01:22 15:42:38

White-backed mousebird (Colius colius)


The black-tipped bill is diagnostic among local species of mousebirds

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English: Colius colius, the White-backed Mousebird in a Garden setting, The black-tipped upper bill is diagnostic.
Date 17 July 2010
Source Own work
Author JonRichfield
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JonRichfield

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. The speckled mousebird can be distinguished from this species by its differently coloured beak, legs and upperparts. Order: Coliiformes, Family: Coliidae.

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Colius colius (White-backed mousebird)
Witkruismuisvoël [Afrikaans]; Letsôrô, Mmamarungwane, Rramatsiababa [Tswana]; Witstuitmuisvogel [Dutch]; Coliou à dos blanc [French]; Weißrücken-mausvogel [German]; Rabo-de-junco-de-dorso-branco [Portuguese]

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