Penduline-tits (Remizidae)
Cape Penduline-tit (Anthoscopus minutus) - HBW 13, p. 73
French: Rémiz minute
German: Kapbeutelmeise
Spanish: Pájaro-moscón de El Cabo
Other common names: African/Southern Penduline-tit, Southern Kapok
Taxonomy: Sylvia minuta Shaw, 1812, Heerenlogement, Western Cape, South Africa.
Forms a superspecies with A. punctifrons, A. parvulus, A. musculus and A. caroli; possibly closest to A. parvulus, which may be its N counterpart. Geographical variation somewhat clinal, plumage colour darkening from N to S. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- damarensis Reichenow, 1905 - CW & SW Angola, N Namibia, much of Botswana (except SW) and W & C Zimbabwe S to N South Africa (Limpopo Province).
- minutus (Shaw, 1812) - W & S Namibia, SW Botswana and W & C South Africa (S to Western Cape, E to NW Free State and Mpumalanga).
- gigi Winterbottom, 1959 - S South Africa (SW Free State S to W Eastern Cape).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving around in a bush Locality Hobatere Lodge, Kamanjab, Kunene Region, Namibia
Keith Blomerley 18 January 2007 5 years ago 10 sec 2.4
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Bird perched on a twig by the road
Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp minutus)
Dubi Shapiro 24 January 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
Perched in woodland.
Locality Spitzkoppe, Erongo Region, Namibia (ssp minutus)
Fran Trabalon 6 November 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird in a tree
Locality Ghanzi District, Botswana (ssp damarensis)
Aleix Comas 7 September 2007 3 years ago 4
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Calls of 2 birds in flight. 11:28am. Locality Eierkop, Tankwa Karoo National Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(ssp minutus)
Charles Hesse 31 May 2010 2 years ago 4
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