Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Mousebirds :: Blue-naped Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus

Described by: Linnaeus (1766)
Alternate common name(s): Blue-naped Coly
Old scientific name(s): Colius macrourus

Photographs

Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda - Dec, 2005 © Tom Tarrant  Samburu National Park, Kenya - Jun 10, 2009 © Glen Tepke  Samburu National Park, Kenya - Jun 10, 2009 © Glen Tepke  Samburu National Park, Kenya - Jun 10, 2009 © Glen Tepke  Nairobi, Kenya - Oct 4, 2004 © Nancy Bell 
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Range

Nc. Africa in the Sahel zone and e. Africa;
Fragmented distribution in the w. extreme of its range;
(1) Sw. Mauritania, Senegambia, s. Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau and Benin.
(2) Mali, s. Niger and n. Nigeria e. to Chad, Sudan, n. Ethiopia and Eritrea.
(3) Nc. Niger (Air Mountains).
(4) C. and s. Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and nw. Somalia s. to about Beledweyne.
(5) S. Sudan, sw. Ethiopia, ex. ne. Zaire, w. Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and nw. Tanzania. Possibly also occurs in sw. Ethiopia and sw. Tanzania.
(6) Ex. se. Sudan, e. Uganda, s. Somalia, Kenya to n. Tanzania.
(7) C. and e. Tanzania e. to Dar-es-Salaam.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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