Grey Penduline Tit

Grey Penduline Tit
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Remizidae
Genus: Anthoscopus
Species: A. caroli
Binomial name
Anthoscopus caroli
(Sharpe, 1871)

The Grey Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus caroli), also known as the African Penduline-tit, is a species of bird in the Remizidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna.

Taxonomy

The race A. c. sylviella, found in parts of Kenya and Tanzania, is sometimes regarded as a separate species, the Buff-bellied Penduline-tit.

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