What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Red-faced Mousebird been recorded?

Urocolius indicus occurrence evidence comes from 172 records in 9 countries and territories, from 1865 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Red-faced Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird — Photo (display-sized rendition): Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesColiiformesColiidaeUrocolius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

172 records across 9 countries and territories, 1865–2026.

Urocolius indicus · GBIF taxon key 2482315

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

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: August. 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 Red-faced Mousebird has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Red-faced 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
South Africa 88
Namibia 26
Angola 22
Mozambique 15
Botswana 9
Zimbabwe 5
Tanzania 4
Malawi 2
ZZ 1

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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.