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African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit

Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella] (= Anthoscopus caroli) (Sharpe, RB 1871)

The grey penduline tit, 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 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. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Remizidae
Genus:
   Anthoscopus
Scientific:
  Anthoscopus caroli


Original description

Citation:
  (Sharpe, RB 1871)

Reference:
   Ibis ser.3, vol.1, no.4 p.415

Protonym:
  Aegithalus caroli

Type locality:
  Ovaquenyama, Damaraland, South West Africa.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35065#page/459/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  F44BD4BEBFDF1998

Avibase ID:
  avibase-F44BD4BE

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/F44BD4BE


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 558607

Geographic range:

  • Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella]: varied bushy habitat types of lowlands to hills from Gabon eastward to southern Kenya, southward to northern Namibia, and eastward to northeastern South Africa and Eswatini
  • Anthoscopus caroli caroli: northern Namibia, southern Angola, Botswana, and southwestern Zambia
  • Anthoscopus caroli hellmayri: eastern and southern Zimbabwe (although absent from eastern highlands, except Chipinga uplands), southern Mozambique (south of Inhambane district and inland to Save River and southwestern Manica Sofala), and northeastern South Africa (northern and eastern Transvaal, and northern KwaZulu-Natal, westward to about Ladysmith and southwestward to Estcourt)
  • Anthoscopus caroli robertsi: Mozambique, Malawi, southeastern Zambia, eastern Tanzania, and southeastern Kenya
  • Anthoscopus caroli winterbottomi: northwestern Zambia and adjacent southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (southern Katanga)
  • Anthoscopus caroli rankinei: northeastern Zimbabwe
  • Anthoscopus caroli ansorgei: southeastern Gabon to Angola and southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Anthoscopus caroli rhodesiae: southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to northeastern Zambia and southwestern Tanzania (Ufipa Plateau)
  • Anthoscopus caroli pallescens: western Tanzania (Kigoma and Kungwe-Mahari)
  • Anthoscopus caroli roccatii: Uganda, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, northeastern Tanzania, and western Kenya
  • Anthoscopus caroli sharpei: southwestern Kenya and northern Tanzania
  • Anthoscopus sylviella: south-central Kenya (east of Rift Valley) to central Tanzania
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English:
African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit
French:
Rémiz de Carl ou R. du Rungwe


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
African Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
African Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
African Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
African Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
African Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
African Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
African Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
African Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
African Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
African Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
African Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Rémiz de Carl ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
African Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 2]
eBird version 2015:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 2]
eBird version 2016:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 2]
eBird version 2017:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 2]
eBird version 2018:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 2]
eBird version 2019:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 2]
eBird version 2021:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 2]
eBird version 2022:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 2]
eBird version 2023:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 2]
eBird version 2024:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
African Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
African Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
African Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
African Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
African Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
African Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
African Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
African Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
African Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Grey Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Grey Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Grey Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
African Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus caroli) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Anthoscopus caroli [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Afrikaans: Gryskapokvoël, Kaapse Kapokvoël
Catalan: teixidor de Carl
Czech: moudivláček africký, Moudivlácek belocelý
Danish: Gulpandet Pungmejse
German: Blassstirn-Beutelmeise, Weißstirn-Beutelmeise
English: African or Buff-bellied Penduline-Tit, African Penduline Tit, African Penduline-Tit, Gray Penduline Tit, Gray Penduline-Tit, Grey Penduline Tit, Grey Penduline-Tit
English (United Kingdom): African Penduline Tit
English, HBW: Grey/Buff-bellied Penduline-tit
English (IOC): Grey Penduline Tit
English (Kenya): Grey Penduline Tit
English (United States): African Penduline-Tit
English (South Africa): Grey Penduline-Tit
Esperanto: Karola saknestulo
Spanish: Baloncito Africano, Pájaro moscón africano, Pájaro-moscón Africano
Spanish (Spain): Pájaro moscón africano
Spanish (HBW): African Penduline-Tit
Estonian: bantu kukkurtihane
Finnish: afrikanpussitiainen, Afrikanpussltiainen
French: Rémiz de Carl, Rémiz de Carl ou R. du Roungoué, Rémiz de Carl ou R. du Rungwe, Rémiz de Carol
Croatian: mala sjenica
Hungarian: afrikai függőcinege
Italian: Pendolino africano
Japanese (romaji): afurikatsurisugara
Japanese: アフリカツリスガラ
Scientific: Aegithalus [sic] caroli, Aegithalus caroli, Anthoscopus [caroli or sylviella], Anthoscopus caroli, Anthoscopus caroli caroli
Lithuanian: Pilkoji remeza
Dutch: Acaciakapokmees, Acacia-kapokmees
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bantupungmeis
Norwegian: Bantupungmeis
Polish: remizek zmienny
Portuguese: Pássaro-do-algodão-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal): chapim-do-algodão-cinzento
Russian: Белолобый ремез
Slovak: kúdeľníčka sivá
Serbian: Afrička senica vuga
Swedish: Afrikansk pungmes, grå pungmes
Swahili: Kabumbu Uso-manjano
Turkish: Doğu Afrika çulhakuşu
Ukrainian: Ремез сірий
Xhosa: Unogushana
Chinese: 非洲攀雀
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲攀雀

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