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Speckled Mousebird
Colius striatus · Family Coliidae
Colius striatus
Family Coliidae
- Order
- Coliiformes
- Family
- Coliidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 420,586
- Countries and territories with records
- 34
About this species
This species has 420,586 occurrence records from 34 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (68.3%), Kenya (12.6%), Uganda (5.6%), Tanzania (4.5%) and Ethiopia (1.8%); together they account for 92.8% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.72% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Colius striatus combines the genus name Colius with the species epithet striatus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Colius; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Colius colius, Colius leucocephalus and Colius castanotus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 6 species of the family Coliidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 3.2 times the family average (131,376). The family Coliidae belongs to the order Coliiformes, which has 6 species in the Warbla app catalog.