Mouse-coloured penduline tit
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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 Script error: No such module "convert". in length, it is one of the two shortest birds native to Africa, alongside the tit hylia.[1]
Taxonomy
The mouse-coloured penduline tit was formally described in 1882 by the German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub under the binomial name Aegithalus musculus.[2] The species is now placed in the genus Anthoscopus that was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek anthos meaning "blossom" or "flower" with skopos meaning "searcher". The specific epithet musculus is Latin meaning "little mouse".[5] The species is considered to be monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[4]
Distribution and habitat
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.[6] Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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