A small gregarious African bird with mainly drab plumage, a crest, and a long tail.
鼠鸟
Genera Colius and Urocolius, family Coliidae: six species
Example sentencesExamples
Many Paleogene fossil birds of Europe have their closest modern relatives on southern landmasses today (e.g. species with affinities to the African mousebirds, South African serieamas, and Australian frogmouths).
Hummingbirds have also been grouped with nightjars, mousebirds and perching birds (Passeriformes).
‘We feed the birds in our garden and have enjoyed seeing several parents feeding their young - among them bulbuls, barbets, mousebirds and weavers,’ she says.
Definition of mousebird in US English:
mousebird
nounˈmousbərd
A small gregarious African bird with mainly drab plumage, a crest, and a long tail.
鼠鸟
Genera Colius and Urocolius, family Coliidae: six species
Example sentencesExamples
Many Paleogene fossil birds of Europe have their closest modern relatives on southern landmasses today (e.g. species with affinities to the African mousebirds, South African serieamas, and Australian frogmouths).
‘We feed the birds in our garden and have enjoyed seeing several parents feeding their young - among them bulbuls, barbets, mousebirds and weavers,’ she says.
Hummingbirds have also been grouped with nightjars, mousebirds and perching birds (Passeriformes).