mousebird

English

Etymology

From mouse +‎ bird.

Noun

mousebird (plural mousebirds)

1. Any of a group of possibly passerine arboreal birds of order Coliiformes, confined to sub-Saharan Africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.

Synonyms

• coly

Translations

bird of Coliiformes

• Dutch: muisvogel (nl) m
• German: Mausvogel m
• Navajo: tsinlátah tsídii nahatʼeʼígíí
• Russian: пти́ца-мышь f (ptíca-myšʹ), мыша́нка f (myšánka)