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Coliiformes / Coliidae / Colius

White-backed Mousebird

Colius colius

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whbmou1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Coliiformes
Family: Coliidae
Genus: Colius

Subspecies (2)

Colius colius colius

South Africa, from Western Cape Province eastward to Eastern Cape and Free State and north to Gauteng
Colius colius damarensis

Namibia and southern Botswana southward to northern South Africa (northwestern Northern Cape Province)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whbmou1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.