Mouse-colored Penduline Tit
Anthoscopus musculus
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Penduline Tits (Remizidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The mouse-coloured penduline tit or mouse-colored penduline tit (Anthoscopus musculus) is a species of bird in the family Remizidae. At 8 cm (3.1 in) in length, it is one of the two shortest birds native to Africa, alongside the tit hylia.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Thornscrub of Ethiopia and Somalia to far northern Tanzania.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Mouse-coloured penduline tit
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
