What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Speckled Mousebird been recorded?

Colius striatus occurrence evidence comes from 1,668 records in 20 countries and territories, from 1865 to 2026. Most records come from Kenya.

Speckled Mousebird
Speckled Mousebird — Photo (display-sized rendition): spacebirdy(also known as geimfyglið (:> )=| made with Sternenlaus-spirit) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesColiiformesColiidaeColius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,668 records across 20 countries and territories, 1865–2026.

Colius striatus · GBIF taxon key 5229467

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: November.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18652026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Speckled Mousebird has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Speckled Mousebird. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Kenya 638
Uganda 571
South Africa 220
Tanzania 73
Rwanda 49
Zimbabwe 27
Ethiopia 17
Mozambique 15
Angola 14
DR Congo 12
United States 11
Malawi 5
SZ 4
Cameroon 3
Burundi 2
Eritrea 2
ZZ 2
Botswana 1
Congo 1
Gabon 1

Related animals

Others in the family Coliidae.

Blue-naped Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
326 records
Red-faced Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
172 records
White-backed Mousebird
White-backed Mousebird
142 records
Red-backed Mousebird
Red-backed Mousebird
34 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.