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Blue-naped Mousebird




  Name Blue-Naped Mousebird
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Ordo Coliiformes
  Familia Coliidae
  Genus '' Urocolius ''
  Species '''''U macrourus'''''
  Binomial ''Urocolius macrourus''
  Binomial Authority ( Linnaeus , 1766)


The Blue-naped Mousebird, ''Urocolius macrourus'' is 13-14".


PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

A slender-tailed, ash grey Mousebird common in dry country. A crested head, turquoise-blue nape patch and black-and-red bill characterize adults. Juveniles lack blue on nape, have pink facial skin and greenish bills.


CALL

Its call is a plaintive far-carrying whistle, ''peeeeeee, peeeeeeeeee''; also shorter calls of some quality, ''pyee, pyee, pyee...or pew t'lew'', repeated.


REFERENCES

  • Dale A. Zimmerman , Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Princeton University Press, 1999



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