Sandesh Kadur / Speckled mousebird (Colius striatus), two perched in tree. Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania.

Cyril Ruoso / Speckled mousebird (Colius striatus) La Ruvubu National Park, Burundi.

Ann & Steve Toon / Two speckled mousebirds (Colius striatus) in acacia tree, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, February

Richard Du Toit / Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus) group roosting, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng Province, South Africa, May.

David Tipling / Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus) drinking out of water pipe, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Tony Phelps / Speckled mousebirds {Colius striatus} communal sunbathing, DeHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa

Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus), Ethiopia

Richard Du Toit / Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus) perching on thorny branch, Garden Route National Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus) flock, Garden Route National Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus) on Two-color Heath (Erica discolor), Herolds Bay, Western Cape, South Africa

Mathias Putze/ BIA / Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus), Ethiopia

Cyril Ruoso / Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus), Ruvubu National Park, Burundi