Definitions
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- noun Any of a group of possibly
passerine arboreal birds of order Coliiformes, confined tosub-Saharan Africa , which buildcup -shapednests oftwigs .
Etymologies
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mouse bird
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Examples
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Mystery bird: blue-naped mousebird, Urocolius macrourus
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Her mulafa made her look like a little blue mousebird.
The Well At al-Khiba' (translation in progress) by Ousmane Ouadabou RW Spryszak 2011
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Besides the narrow endemics listed above, characteristic birds of the escarpment forests and woodlands include red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus), red-backed mousebird (Colius castanotus) (both endemic to Angola), mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri), batlike spinetail (Neafrapus boehmi), naked-faced barbet (Gymnobucco calvus), red-tailed palm thrush (Cichladusa ruficauda), and yellow-bellied wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia concreta).
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After South African Dutch muisvogel, Afrikaans muisvoël.
August 6, 2008