Red-faced Mousebird

This bird is about 34 cm long, with the tail comprising approximately half the length. The crested head and breast are pale cinnamon with a red bill and eye mask. The rest of the upperparts and tail are blue-grey apart from a paler grey rump. The belly is whitish. The sexes are similar, but juveniles lack the crest and have a green mask.

The Red-faced Mousebird is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Red-faced Mousebird (Urocolius indicus) is a species of mousebird or coly. It is a common in southern Africa from Zaire, Zambia and Tanzania south to the Cape. Its habitat is savanna with thickets, fynbos scrub, other open woodland, gardens and orchards. This bird is about 34 cm (13 inches) long, with the tail comprising approximately half the length. The crested head and breast are pale cinnamon with a red bill and eye mask. More

Red-faced mousebird, north of Durbanville, Western Cape. The Red-faced mousebird is locally common in all countries in southern Africa, and lives in a wide variety of habitats. It feeds mainly on fruit, with flowers largely making up the rest of its diet. The nest is a small cup of twigs, leaves and stems, placed 2-8 metres above ground in a tree or bush. It lays 1-7 eggs, which are incubated for 14-20 days, by both sexes and sometimes a helper. More

The Red-faced Mousebird is a Southern African bird that belongs to the coliidae bird family group which includes birds such as Mousebirds. The description for the Red-faced Mousebird (Latin name Urocolius indicus) can be found in the 7th Edition of the Roberts Birds of Southern Africa. The Urocolius indicus can be quickly identified by its unique Roberts identification number of 426 and the detailed description of this bird is on page 199. More

a picture of the Red-faced Mousebird on page 161. The Red-faced Mousebird belongs to the family of birds classified as coliidae. According to the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology the Red-faced Mousebird is also known by these other names: Red-faced Coly. The map of the Kruger you see on this page shows the areas (coloured orange) where this bird has been identified. More

For the purposes of our bird news services, Red-faced Mousebird is classed as Ungraded: species which are unlikely to appear as wild birds in Britain or Ireland hide section Most recent photos of Red-faced Mousebird (5) Mkhuze Park, South Africa Mkhuze Park, South Africa08/08/2009 Mkhuze Park, South Africa 08/08/2009 Mkhuze Park, South Africa Mkhuze Park, South Africa08/08/2009 Mkhuze Park, South Africa 08/08/2009 Mkuzi Game Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Mkuzi Game Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa23/10/2008 More

colours, and the Blue-naped and Red-faced Mousebirds have seven and five respectively, the White-backed and the White-headed Mousebirds each have only two subspecies, while the Red-backed Mousebird is monotypic. H. Schifter, in his 1985 review of the Coliidae, recognized 19 subspecies of the Speckled Mousebird. He grouped these into three allopatric assemblages, which he regarded as "semi-species". More