كوليات

Coliiformes
Speckled Mousebird, Colius striatus
التصنيف العلمي
مملكة:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	الطيور
Subclass:	الطيور الحديثة
Infraclass:	حديثات الفك
Superorder:	Neoaves
Order:	Coliiformes Murie, 1872
Family:	Coliidae Swainson, 1837 and see text
Genera
Colius Urocolius For fossil taxa, see text.

The mousebirds are a small group of (possibly near passerine) birds which have no real close affinities to other groups, though they and the parrots and cockatoos (Psittaciformes) may be closer to each other than to other birds. The mousebirds are therefore given order status as Coliiformes. This group is confined to sub-Saharan Africa, and is the only bird order confined entirely to that continent. They had a wider range in prehistoric times and apparently evolved in Europe.

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 المصادر

• Houde, Peter & Olson, Storrs L. (1992): A radiation of coly-like birds from the Eocene of North America (Aves: Sandcoleiformes, new order). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series 36: 137-160. PDF fulltext
• Mayr, Gerald & Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile (1999): Unusual tarsometatarsus of a mousebird from the Paleogene of France and the relationships of Selmes Peters, 1999. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 24(2): 366-372. PDF fulltext
• Mlíkovský, Jirí (2002): Cenozoic Birds of the World, Part 1: Europe. Ninox Press, Prague. ISBN 80-901105-3-8 PDF fulltext

 وصلات خارجية

• Mousebird videos on the Internet Bird Collection
• Picture of a mousebird atop a tree