Mouse-coloured penduline tit

Mouse-coloured penduline tit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Remizidae
Genus: Anthoscopus
Species:
A. musculus
Binomial name
Anthoscopus musculus
(Hartlaub, 1882)

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Stevenson, Terry; Fanshawe, John (2002). Birds of East Africa. London: Christopher Helm. p. xx. ISBN 978-0-7136-7347-0.