White-backed Mousebird
Colius colius
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,887
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “White-backed mousebird”.