Blue-naped Mousebird

Blue neck Mouse bird ( Urocolius macrourus )

The blue neck - mouse bird ( Urocolius macrourus ) is an African bird of the family of the mouse birds.

Features

The 34 cm long, clumsy blue neck - mouse bird has a brown or gray fur -like plumage with a bonnet and a blue neck. The extended center tail feathers make up more than half the body length. He can direct the first and fourth toes of both forward and backward, which makes it very portable. Frequent soft and whistling, two-syllable calls are made ​​both in flight and from a seat waiting.

Occurrence

The distribution area extends south of the Sahara from Senegal to Somalia and thence southwards to Tanzania in a wide band. The bird is a resident of the thorn bush savannah.

Behavior

The blue neck - mouse bird is a very social animal, in the groups 20-30 individuals living with which it broods together, jam takes baths, feed extensively studied and dressing each other. It feeds mainly on green leaves that are digested slowly. In addition, fruits, seeds and insects supplement the diet.

Reproduction

The messy, shallow bowl nests out of plant material that are often lined with green leaves, are built quite close together in a bush or tree. The nest from an average of three eggs is incubated for about two weeks.