Grey Penduline Tit

What the Grey Penduline Tit sounds like

Recorded by paulo kivuyo · Call · Makundusi, Serengeti, Mara Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Grey Penduline Tit

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

Where to see the Grey Penduline Tit

The map shades 15 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Grey Penduline Tit

The grey penduline tit, also known as the African penduline-tit, is a species of bird in the family Remizidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna. At 8 to 9 cm in length and a weight of 6.5 g (0.23 oz), it is one of the smallest species of bird found in Africa, along with its cousin the Cape penduline tit and the perhaps smaller mouse-colored penduline tit and the tit hylia.

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Easily confused with

Cape Penduline TitAnthoscopus minutusThe Cape penduline tit or southern penduline tit is a species of bird in the family Remizidae. Mouse-colored Penduline TitAnthoscopus musculusThe mouse-coloured penduline tit or mouse-colored penduline tit is a species of bird in the family Remizidae. Yellow Penduline TitAnthoscopus parvulusThe yellow penduline tit is around 8 cm (3.1 in) in overall length and weighs 6–8 g (0.21–0.28 oz).