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
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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.
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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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