Penduline-tits (Remizidae)
Grey Penduline-tit (Anthoscopus caroli) - HBW 13, p. 72
French: Rémiz de Carl
German: Weißstirn-Beutelmeise
Spanish: Pájaro-moscón Africano
Other common names: African Penduline-tit; Rungwe/Buff-bellied Penduline-tit (sylviella and sharpei); Zambezi Penduline-tit (rankinei)
Taxonomy: Aegithalus [sic] caroli Sharpe, 1871, Ovaquenyama, Damaraland, Namibia.
Forms a superspecies with A. punctifrons, A. parvulus, A. musculus and A. minutus. Races can be divided into five groups, “nominate group” (incorporating also hellmayri, robertsi and winterbottomi), “ansorgei group” (with rhodesiae and pallescens), “sylviella group” (with sharpei), and two single-species “groups” consisting of, respectively, roccatii and rankinei. The “ansorgei group” (in which ansorgei intergrades with rhodesiae) and the “sylv.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with A. punctifrons, A. parvulus, A. musculus and A. minutus. Races can be divided into five groups, “nominate group” (incorporating also hellmayri, robertsi and winterbottomi), “ansorgei group” (with rhodesiae and pallescens), “sylviella group” (with sharpei), and two single-species “groups” consisting of, respectively, roccatii and rankinei. The “ansorgei group” (in which ansorgei intergrades with rhodesiae) and the “sylviella group” sometimes treated as two additional species, latter exhibiting apparent vocal differences from others; in addition, occurrence of rankinei close to other races (hellmayri and robertsi) with no signs of intergradation suggests that this race, too, may warrant treatment as separate species; taxonomic review required. Other proposed races are rothschildi (described from Simba, in C Kenya), which is synonymized with sylviella, and taruensis (from Samburu, in coastal Kenya), synonymized with robertsi; supposed differentiating characters of both forms are insignificant. Eleven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ansorgei E. J. O. Hartert, 1905 - N & SE PRCongo, W DRCongo and C Angola.
- roccatii Salvadori, 1906 - Uganda and W Kenya S to E Burundi and extreme NW Tanzania.
- pallescens Ulfstrand, 1960 - W Tanzania (Kungwe-Mahali Peninsula).
- ansorgei E. J. O. Hartert, 1905 - N & SE PRCongo, W DRCongo and C Angola.
- roccatii Salvadori, 1906 - Uganda and W Kenya S to E Burundi and extreme NW Tanzania.
- pallescens Ulfstrand, 1960 - W Tanzania (Kungwe-Mahali Peninsula).
- winterbottomi C. M. N. White, 1946 - S DRCongo and adjacent NW Zambia.
- rhodesiae W. L. Sclater, 1932 - SE DRCongo, N Zambia and SW Tanzania.
- caroli (Sharpe, 1871) - S Angola, N Namibia, SW Zambia and Botswana.
- sylviella Reichenow, 1904 - SC Kenya S to NE & C Tanzania.
- sharpei E. J. O. Hartert, 1905 - SW Kenya S to N Tanzania.
- robertsi Haagner, 1909 - E Tanzania, NE Zambia, Malawi and N Mozambique.
- rankinei Irwin, 1963 - NE Zimbabwe.
- hellmayri Roberts, 1914 - E & S Zimbabwe, S Mozambique and NE South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird defending itself from repeated attacks by a Northern Crombec Locality Jacana Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp roccatii)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 5 years ago 33 sec 3.6
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2 birds in Acacia trees near park headquarters. 11:43am. Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
(ssp hellmayri)
Charles Hesse 3 January 2010 3 years ago 4
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