Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
Anthoscopus musculus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyRemizidae (Penduline-Tits)
- GenusAnthoscopus (African Penduline-Tits)
- SpeciesAnthoscopus musculus (Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit)
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. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit sighting in Mkomazi National Park, based on 18 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Mkomazi National Park
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris usambaricus
African Dusky Flycatcher
Muscicapa adusta
Black Sawwing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Bar-throated Apalis
Apalis thoracica
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher
Elminia albonotata
African Tailorbird
Artisornis metopias
Eastern Mountain Greenbul
Arizelocichla nigriceps
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
Black-backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla
White-starred Robin
Pogonocichla stellata
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 2 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit in Mkomazi National Park?
About 6% of wildlife watchers report a Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit sighting in Mkomazi National Park, based on 18 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit in Mkomazi National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit in Mkomazi National Park in our monthly data.