Cape Penduline Tit

Anthoscopus minutus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandDomed nestTiny · 7 g

When to see the Cape Penduline Tit

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Cape Penduline Tit

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Cape Penduline Tit

The Cape penduline tit or southern penduline tit is a species of bird in the family Remizidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savannah, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. At eight centimetres (3 in) in length, it is one of the smallest species of bird found in Africa, along with its cousins the grey penduline tit and the mouse-coloured penduline tit.

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