Weaver and Mousebird. by kgb224
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Description
Back at my Aunts House where the birds enjoyed the winters day feasting on bread crumbs and drinking and bathing in the bird bath.Blessed weekend for everyone. God Bless.More information about the Mousebird from Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousebird
Mousebird
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coliiformes
Speckled Mousebird, Colius striatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes
Infraclass: Neognathae
Superorder: Neoaves
Order: Coliiformes
Murie, 1872
Family: Coliidae
Swainson, 1837
and see text
Genera
Colius
Urocolius
For fossil taxa, see text.
The mousebirds are a small group of (possibly near passerine) birds which have no known close affinities to other groups, though they and the parrots and cockatoos (Psittaciformes) may be closer to each other than to other birds. The mousebirds are therefore given order status as Coliiformes. This group is confined to sub-Saharan Africa, and is the only bird order confined entirely to that continent. They had a wider range in prehistoric times and apparently evolved in Europe.
Comments (12)
wonderful and sharp capture !
Great capture Christo, the mousebird is a new one on me!!
What a long tail!
Sweet!!!
a very nice scene!
wonderful scene with both !!
Lovely catch my friend
Excellent capture!
Interesting info, Clive
What a tail on that beauty! I love the light and the colors in this shot! I keep forgetting you guys have it backwards on that side of the equator (or are we backwards?) with the seasons, and that's always incredibly amusing to me. It takes so little to amuse me! Great shot here, and I love the overall color. Wonderful work!
thanks for the info mate. geoff.
Superb capture !!