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English Speckled Mousebird
Scientific (Colius striatus)
Order COLIIFORMES
Family (Latin) Coliidae
Family (English) Mousebirds
Other name(s) Coliou barré
Breeding Regions AF
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Angola,Botswana,Burundi,Cameroon,Central African Republic,Chad,Congo,Democratic Republic of Congo,Djibouti,Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,Ethiopia,Gabon,Ghana,Guinea,Kenya,Lesotho,Malawi,Mozambique,Nigeria, Rwanda,Somalia,South Africa,South Sudan,Sudan,Swaziland,Tanzania,Uganda,Zambia,Zimbabwe,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
nigricollis Ghana and Nigeria to sw Central African Republic and s to w Angola and sw DR Congo
minor e South Africa and Swaziland
rhodesiae e Zimbabwe and w Mozambique
integralis ne South Africa, se Zimbabwe and s Mozambique
simulans c Mozambique and se Malawi
congicus e Angola to s, se DR Congo and w Zambia
kiwuensis e DR Congo, c, s Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and nw Tanzania
berlepschi sw Tanzania to ne Zambia and Malawi
affinis e Tanzania to ne Zimbabwe and n Mozambique
cinerascens w, c Tanzania
kikuyensis c Kenya and n Tanzania
mombassicus s Somalia to ne Tanzania
jebelensis s Sudan, ne DR Congo and n Uganda
hilgerti sw Djibouti, ne Ethiopia and nw Somalia
leucotis e Sudan, Eritrea and w, c Ethiopia
leucophthalmus n DR Congo, se Central African Republic and sw Sudan
striatus s South Africa
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by Gmelin, JF, 1789
German Braunflügel-Mausvogel
French Coliou rayé
Chinese 斑鼠鸟
Japanese チャイロネズミドリ
Russian Бурокрылая птица-мышь
Spanish Pájaro ratón común
Portuguese rabo-de-junco-estriado
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)