White-backed mousebird
| White-backed mousebird | |
|---|---|
| The black-tipped bill is diagnostic among local species of mousebirds | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coliiformes |
| Family: | Coliidae |
| Genus: | Colius |
| Species: | C. colius |
| Binomial name | |
| Colius colius (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Loxia colius Linnaeus, 1766 | |
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.