White-backed Mousebird (Colius colius)

The white-backed mousebird is a large species of mousebird. It is distributed in western and central regions of southern Africa from Namibia and southern Botswana eastwards to Central Transvaal and the eastern Cape.

This mousebird prefers scrubby dry habitats, such as thornveld, fynbos scrub and semi-desert.

This bird is about 34 cm long, with the tail comprising approximately half the length, and weighs 38–64 g . The upper parts, head, prominent crest and breast are.. more