Mouse-colored Penduline Tit

Anthoscopus musculus (Hartlaub, 1882)

8 cmLength5.2 gWeight

The mouse-coloured penduline tit or mouse-colored penduline tit (Anthoscopus musculus) is a species of bird in the family Remizidae.

Busiest months: November · Most records: Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: November · Most records: Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania

Mouse-colored Penduline Tit has been recorded at 39 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 5 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Lake Baringo – Inshore Cliffs and surroundsKenya192 records
Lake BaringoKenya164 records
Lake Baringo – West ShoreKenya135 records

More places

Awash NP – southern sectionEthiopia62 records
Awash NPEthiopia59 records
Buffalo Springs NRKenya57 records
Doho LodgeEthiopia46 records
Samburu NRKenya45 records
Shaba NRKenya33 records
Yabello areaEthiopia29 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Kenya Ethiopia Tanzania Uganda Somalia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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.

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Questions

How big is the Mouse-colored Penduline Tit?

The Mouse-colored Penduline Tit is about 8 cm long and weighs around 5.2 g.

Where does the Mouse-colored Penduline Tit live?

Its breeding range: Africa: central Ethiopia and South Sudan to Somalia, Kenya, northern Tanzania and northeastern Uganda. It is most often recorded in Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania.