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Speckled Mousebird

Colius striatus

Scruffy, long-tailed and sociable, mousebirds scramble through bushes like rodents and fly between trees in straggling lines. Groups roost huddled together at night.

Did you know?

Mousebirds can lower their body temperature at night to save energy, a trick shared with hummingbirds.

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