Coliiformes

Mousebirds (Coliidae)

HBW 6, p. 60 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 6 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Smallish to medium-sized arboreal birds resembling passerines, with dull grey or brown plumage, very long tail, erectile crest, and toes which can all be directed forwards.
• Afrotropical.
• All bushy or wooded habitats, except dense forest.
• 2 genera, 6 species, 36 taxa.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.