Grey Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus caroli)
About the Grey Penduline Tit
The grey penduline tit (Anthoscopus caroli), 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 (3.1 to 3.5 in) 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.
A real field recording of the Grey Penduline Tit. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia · xeno-canto lists 22 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Cape Penduline TitAnthoscopus minutusprofile
- Forest Penduline TitAnthoscopus flavifronsprofile
- Mouse-colored Penduline TitAnthoscopus musculusrecording
- Sennar Penduline TitAnthoscopus punctifronsprofile
- Yellow Penduline TitAnthoscopus parvulusprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.