Yellow Penduline Tit
Anthoscopus parvulus (Heuglin, 1864)
Remizidae — Penduline Tits
Yellow Penduline Tit, Anthoscopus parvulus, is a bird of the family Remizidae that breeds across Africa from southern Mauritania to Guinea-Bissau, and east to South Sudan and north-eastern DR Congo. It is found in semi-arid savanna in West Africa. The species was first described in 1864 by Heuglin. It is a small passerine with olive-yellow upperparts, bright yellow underparts and a dull greyish line through the eye. The wings are brown with yellow-edged feathers, the primaries have buff-white edges, and the tail is brown. It has a pointed conical bill and strong legs, and the sexes look alike.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Remizidae — Penduline Tits
- Breeding range
- Africa: s Mauritania to Guinea Bissau, e to South Sudan and ne DR Congo
