Coly vs Mousebird - What's the difference?
coly | mousebird | Synonyms |
Any bird of either of the genera Colius'' or ''Urocolius , endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
* 1983 , Oliver Luther Austin, Birds of the World ,
* 1999 , Michael A. Mares, Mousebird'', entry in ''Encyclopedia of Deserts ,
Any of a group of possibly passerine arboreal birds of order Coliiformes , confined to sub-Saharan Africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.
Coly is a synonym of mousebird.
As nouns the difference between coly and mousebird
is that coly is any bird of either of the genera colius'' or ''urocolius , endemic to sub-saharan africa while mousebird is any of a group of possibly passerine arboreal birds of order coliiformes , confined to sub-saharan africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.coly
English
(wikipedia coly) (Coliidae)Noun
(colies)page 63,
- First, their feathers grow continuously over their bodies without the bare spaces (apteria) between tracts most other birds have. This condition is shared only by the ostrich, the penguins, and the colies .
page 378,
- Coliiformes is the only order of birds endemic to Africa. Six species from two genera (Urocolius'' and ''Colius ) are recognized, all of which are sedentary. Mousebirds (also known as colies ) range through sub-Saharan open savannas and are often common in such areas.