Speckled Mousebird

Taxonomy

Order

Coliiformes

Family

Coliidae

Genus

Colius

eBird Code

spemou2

Subspecies (17)

• Colius striatus affinis

  Zimbabwe to Malawi, northern Mozambique, and southern and coastal Tanzania

• Colius striatus berlepschi

  northern Malawi to northeastern Zambia and southwestern Tanzania

• Colius striatus cinerascens

  western and southern Tanzania

• Colius striatus congicus

  eastern Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northwestern Zambia

• Colius striatus hilgerti

  northeastern Ethiopia, southwestern Djibouti, and northwestern Somalia

• Colius striatus integralis

  southeastern Zimbabwe, northeastern South Africa, and southern Mozambique (south to Delagoa Bay)

• Colius striatus jebelensis

  South Sudan and northern Uganda

• Colius striatus kikuyensis

  central Kenya and high rainfall areas of peripheral northern Tanzania

• Colius striatus kiwuensis

  eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda, Rwanda, and northwestern Tanzania

• Colius striatus leucophthalmus

  northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to South Sudan and southeastern Central African Republic

• Colius striatus leucotis

  eastern Sudan to western and southwestern Ethiopia

• Colius striatus minor

  eastern South Africa (southward to KwaZulu-Natal), Eswatini, and far southern Mozambique

• Colius striatus mombassicus

  southern Somalia to coastal Kenya and northeastern Tanzania (south to Amani)

• Colius striatus nigricollis

  Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon, and southwestern Congo

• Colius striatus rhodesiae

  highlands of eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique

• Colius striatus simulans

  lower Zambezi valley in Mozambique and Malawi

• Colius striatus striatus

  southern Cape Province eastward to Great Kei River (South Africa)