Blue-naped Mousebird

Urocolius macrourus (Linnaeus, 1766)

46 gWeight

The blue-naped mousebird (Urocolius macrourus), also formerly called the blue-naped coly (Colius macrourus) is a species of bird belonging to the family Coliidae within the order Coliiformes.

Most records: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Blue-naped Mousebird has been recorded at 192 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 17 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Nairobi NPKenya763 records
Lake Mburo NPUganda743 records
Samburu NRKenya471 records

More places

Lake BaringoKenya344 records
Lake Manyara NPTanzania326 records
Buffalo Springs NRKenya312 records
Lake Baringo – Inshore Cliffs and surroundsKenya302 records
Lake Mburo NP – Entrance RoadUganda264 records
Lake Baringo – West ShoreKenya244 records
Murchison Falls NP – North sideUganda206 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Kenya Uganda Tanzania Ethiopia Senegal Rwanda Congo - Kinshasa Sudan

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The blue-naped mousebird (Urocolius macrourus), also formerly called the blue-naped coly (Colius macrourus) is a species of bird belonging to the family Coliidae within the order Coliiformes. They are the sister group to the clade Eucavitaves, which contains the families Leptosomiformes (the cuckoo roller), Trogoniformes (trogons), Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes), Piciformes (woodpeckers, toucans, and barbets) and Coraciiformes (kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers, motmots, and todies).

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