Photo by Doug Jansen/Wikipedia Commons
Pictured above is the Blue-naped Mousebird. I had never heard of a Mousebird before, but found it in my new 'All the Birds in the World' book. Mousebirds live in the sub-Sahara part of Africa. In fact, they seem to be the only bird in the world confined to the Africa continent. There are just six species of Mousebirds, of which the 'Blue-naped' is one. Mousebirds were much more worldly millions of years ago and once existed widely in North America during the Paleocene era (66 to 56 million years ago). Considering its grey colour and mousey name, I think it's rather pretty.
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BarrytheBirder
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