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title: "Ratão"
description: "Urocolius macrourus — Aves. The blue-naped mousebird (Urocolius macrourus), also formerly called the blue-naped coly (Colius macrourus) is a species of bird belonging to the family Coliidae within the order Coliiformes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/blue-naped-mousebird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ratão

> Urocolius macrourus — Aves. The blue-naped mousebird (Urocolius macrourus), also formerly called the blue-naped coly (Colius macrourus) is a species of bird belonging to the family Coliidae within the order Coliiformes.

- Scientific name: *Urocolius macrourus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 986
- Wikidata: [Q883001](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q883001)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3695](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3695)

## Names

- en: Blue-naped Mousebird
- de: Blaunacken-Mausvogel
- es: Pájaro Ratón Nuquiazul
- fr: Coliou huppé
- nl: Blauwnekmuisvogel
- pt: Ratão
- pl: Czepiga długosterna

## Countries with the most observations

DZ (326), KE (201), TZ (138), UG (72), SN (68), ET (39), MR (16), RW (15), SD (12), NG (11), TD (10)

## Summary

The blue-naped mousebird (Urocolius macrourus), also formerly called the blue-naped coly (Colius macrourus) is a species of bird belonging to the family Coliidae within the order Coliiformes. They are the sister group to the clade Eucavitaves, which contains the families Leptosomiformes (the cuckoo roller), Trogoniformes (trogons), Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes), Piciformes (woodpeckers, toucans, and barbets) and Coraciformes (kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers, motmots, and todies).
The species is found in the wild in the drier regions of West Africa to East Africa, as well as Sahel. It is one of the remaining…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-naped_mousebird

## Photo

![Ratão](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-naped-mousebird/medium.jpg)

Photo: karim Attouche · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/258146118

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-naped-mousebird?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).