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Coliiformes

Coliidae

Mousebirds, Colies

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Containing group: 'Land Birds'

Other Names for Coliidae

References

Berman, S. L. and R. J. Raikow. 1982. The hindlimb musculature of the mousebirds (Coliiformes). Auk 99:41-57.

Del Hoyo, J., A. Elliot, and J. Sargatal, eds. 2001. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 6. Mousebirds to Hornbills. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Downs, C. T., J. O. Wirminghaus, and M. J. Lawes. 2000. Anatomical and nutritional adaptations of the speckled mousebird (Colius striatus). Auk 117(3):791-794.

Finke, C., A. Misovic, and R. Prinzinger. 1995. Growth, the development of endothermy, and torpidity in blunaped mousebirds Urocolius macrourus. Ostrich 66:1-9.

Gill, F. and M. Wright. 2006. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press.

Houde, P. and S. L. Olson. 1992. A radiation of coly-like birds from the Eocene of North America (Aves: Sandcoleiformes, new order). Papers in Avian Paleontology, honoring Pierce Brodkorb. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series 36: 137-160.

Mayr, G. 1999. A new mousebird (Coliiformes: Coliidae) from the Oligocene of Germany. Journal of Ornithology 141(1):85-92.

Mayr, G. and C. Mourer-Chauviré. 1999. Unusual tarsometatarsus of a mousebird from the Paleogene of France and the relationships of Selmes Peters, 1999. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 24(2):366-372.

Rowan, M. K. 1967. A study of the colies of southern Africa. Ostrich 38:61-115.

Rich, P. V. & P. J. Haarhoff. 1985. Early Pliocene Coliidae (Aves, Coliiformes) from Langebaanweg, South Africa. Ostrich 57:20-41.

Schifter, H. 1967. Beiträge zum Fortpflanzungsverhalten und der Jugendentwicklung der Mausvögel (Coliidae). Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.) 94:68-161.

Schifter, H. 1972. Die Mausvögel (Coliidae). Neue Brehm-Bucherei 459. Wittenberg Lutherstadt.

Schifter, H. 1985. Systematics and distribution of mousebirds (Coliidae). Proc. Internat. Symp. African Vertebrates, Bonn: 325-347.

Information on the Internet

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Scientific Name Colius colius
Location West Coast National Park, South Africa
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source White-backed Mousebird (Colius colius)
Source Collection Flickr
Copyright © 2005 Jim Scarff
Scientific Name Colius striatus
Location Gauteng, South Africa
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Mousebird on Aloe
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Martin Heigan
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