Mouse-coloured penduline tit
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Remizidae |
| Genus: | Anthoscopus |
| Species: | A. musculus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthoscopus musculus (Hartlaub, 1882)
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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.[2]
Range and population[]
This species has an extensive range in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 550,000 km2.[1]
Habitat[]
Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
References[]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Anthoscopus musculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22711653A94305518. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22711653A94305518.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi by Stevenson & Fanshawe. Elsevier Science (2001), ISBN 978-0856610790
External links[]
- Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
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