Coliiformes

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The list of species of Coliiformes order

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. Mousebirds had a wider range in the Paleogene, with a widespread distribution in Europe and North America during the Paleocene.

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Speckled mousebird

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.

Red-faced mousebird

Urocolius indicus

The red-faced mousebird (Urocolius indicus ) is a species of mousebird or coly. It is a common in southern Africa from Zaire, Zambia and Tanzania south to the Cape. Its habitat is savanna with thickets, fynbos scrub, other open woodland, gardens and...

Blue-naped mousebird

Urocolius macrourus

The blue-naped mousebird (Urocolius macrourus ), also formerly called the blue-naped coly (Colius macrourus ) is a species of bird found in the wild in the drier regions of East Africa. It is one of the remaining six species of Mousebirds. The term...

White-backed mousebird

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...

White-headed mousebird

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...