White-backed Mousebird

Colius colius (Linnaeus, 1766) — also called WBMO, White-backed Coly. Occurrence records of the White-backed Mousebird are shared on GBIF from around 75 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Naval Hill Nature Reserve (1 415 records), in 6 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernColiidae

75reserves with records

12 210records around them

6provinces

LCIUCN category

White-backed Mousebird (Colius colius) — Photo: JonRichfield · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Naval Hill Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	1 415
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 062
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 034
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 024
Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserve	NC Northern Cape	679
Augrabies Falls National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	679
Free State National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	FS Free State	659
Karoo National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	545
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	388
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	353
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	317
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	316
Clara Anna Fontein Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	273
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	248
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	218
Faan Meintjes Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	205
Rooipoort Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	201
CederbergProtected area	WC Western Cape	192
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	179
Jan Marias Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	150
Darling Renosterveld ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	141
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	137
Ramskop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	129
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	115
Vredefort Dome core areaProtected area	NW North West	113
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	108
Helderberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	89
Cango WildlifeNature reserve	WC Western Cape	81
Pikkie Park ConservancyPrivate game reserve	FS Free State	81
Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area	NC Northern Cape	80
Mokala National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	70
Akkerendam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	69
Goegap Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	68
Koeberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	65
Lutzville Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	60
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	58
Vrolijkheid Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	51
Camdeboo National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	51
Botterblom Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	47
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	47
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	45
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	39
!Khwa ttu Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	33
Leon Taljaard Nature ReserveProtected area	NW North West	30
Haasendal Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	25
Wellington ParkNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	24
Gamsberg Nature ReserveProtected area	NC Northern Cape	23
Boosmansbos Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	21
Hopefield Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	20
Willem Pretorius Game ReserveProtected area	FS Free State	16
Steenbokkie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	15
Spitskop NatuurtuinNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	13
Oorlogskloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	10
Drie Kuilen Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	10
Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	10
The Koppie Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	8
Anysberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	8
Aquila Safari Reserve DirectionsPrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	7
Aquila Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	7
Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	6

and 15 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 44 reserves
Northern Cape: 15 reserves
North West: 6 reserves
Free State: 6 reserves
Eastern Cape: 3 reserves
Gauteng: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Coliiformes
Family: Coliidae
Scientific name: Colius colius
GBIF taxon: 5229466
Wikidata: Q520277

More of the Coliidae family

Speckled Mousebird Red-faced Mousebird

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.