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   Primary wing-moult and site fidelity in South African mousebirds (Coliidae)

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Adrian JFK Craig --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Bo T Bonnevie --- Information Technology Division, South Africa Patrick E Hulley --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa George D Underhill --- ,

   Based on large samples of birds mist-netted in the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape, moult of the primary remiges in both Speckled Mousebirds Colius striatus and Red-faced Mousebirds Urocolius indicus occurred throughout the year with no regional or seasonal...

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   Diet and time-activity budget of White-backed Mousebirds Colius colius in south-western South Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Carlos Bosque --- Departamento de Biología de Organismos, Venezuela Carlos D Bosque --- Departamento de Arquitectura, Venezuela Penn Lloyd --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence, Australia

   Mousebirds (Coliiformes) are unusual in having an exclusively vegetarian diet that includes substantial foliage and by using huddling and sunning to assist thermoregulation. Although previous studies have identified plant species and plant parts consumed by mousebirds, the relative importance of...

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