Description
Red-faced mousebird, Urocolius indicus, at Pilanesberg National Park, Northwest Province, South Africa
Date 29 April 2016, 14:56
Source Red-faced mousebird, Urocolius indicus, at Pilanesberg National Park, Northwest Province, South Africa https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats/28386317850/
Author Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa https://www.flickr.com/people/93242958@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-faced_mousebird,_Urocolius_indicus,_at_Pilanesberg_National_Park,_Northwest_Province,_South_Africa_(28386317850).jpg

The red-faced mousebird (Urocolius indicus) is a species of mousebird or coly. It is a common in southern Africa from Zaire, Zambia and Tanzania south to the Cape. Its habitat is savanna with thickets, fynbos scrub, other open woodland, gardens and orchards. The red-faced mousebird is a frugivore which subsists on fruits, berries, leaves, seeds and nectar. Its flight is typically fast, strong and direct from one feeding area to another. Order: Coliiformes, Family: Coliidae, Binomial name: Urocolius indicus (Latham, 1790).