Mousebirds

Blue-naped Mousebird

Urocolius macrourus

The Blue-naped Mousebird (Urocolius macrourus) is a 46 g scrub bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Mousebirds

Order

Coliiformes

Weight

46 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

17

Recorded in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Mauritania, Algeria, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Djibouti, S. Sudan.

Where to see it: 33rd Street, Amarat (Sudan); Fada, Ennedi (Chad); Auto selected 5.28882, 35.82904 (South Sudan); Ambassador Hotel (Somalia); Tuti Island (Sudan).

Photo: (c) Karim Haddad, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Karim Haddad via iNaturalist