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mousebird

n. Any of a group of possibly passerine arboreal birds of order ''Coliiformes'', confined to sub-Saharan Africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.

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Mousebird

The mousebirds (Coliiformes) are a family of birds. They are the sister group to the clade Eucavitaves, which includes the cuckoo roller ( Leptosomatiformes), trogons (Trogoniformes), Bucerotiformes, Coraciformes and Piciformes. The mousebirds are therefore given order status as Coliiformes. This group is confined to sub-Saharan Africa, and is the only bird order confined entirely to that continent. They had a wider range in prehistoric times and apparently evolved in Europe.

Usage examples of "mousebird".

Then the screes and cries of birds sounded, for the bird-sellers were shaking the small wooden cages packed with wood pigeons, owls, mousebirds, bee-eaters, hummingbirds, crows, blue rockthrushes, warblers, flycatchers, wagtails, hawks, falcons, eagles, and all manner of swans, ducks, chickens, and geese.

If one did not know, one would pass by the tangle of leaves, until one saw the mousebirds and the bul-buls hopping about on the ground near the anthills.

He attracted them the way a tree full of fruit brings a swarm of noisy mousebirds to it.