Species factsheet

Blue-naped Mousebird (Urocolius macrourus)

Order: Urocolius macrourus
Family: Mousebirds (Coliidae)

Danish name: Blånakket Musefugl

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

macrourus

Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to e Ethiopia

laeneni

Aïr Mts. (Niger)

abyssinicus

c and s Ethiopia to nw Somalia

pulcher

se Sudan and s Somalia through Kenya to ne Uganda and n Tanzania

griseogularis

s Sudan and e DR Congo east to w Tanzania

massaicus

c to e Tanzania

Photos

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