Species profile
White-backed Mousebird
Colius colius
Quick answer
Dry savanna of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa
- Scientific name
- Colius colius
- Family
- Coliidae
- Order
- Coliiformes
- Genus
- Colius
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording White-backed Mousebird in your journal
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Related species in Coliidae
- Blue-naped Mousebird (Urocolius macrourus)
- Celericolius acriala (Celericolius acriala)
- Chascacocolius cacicirostris (Chascacocolius cacicirostris)
- Chascacocolius oscitans (Chascacocolius oscitans)
- Limnatornis paludicola (Limnatornis paludicola)
- Masillacolius brevidactylus (Masillacolius brevidactylus)
- Oligocolius brevitarsus (Oligocolius brevitarsus)
- Oligocolius psittacocephalon (Oligocolius psittacocephalon)