NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Sennar Penduline Tit
Anthoscopus punctifrons (Sundevall, 1850)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Anthoscopus punctifrons, Departamento de Dagana, Senegal, 2024-01-10 (iNaturalist).
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Sennar penduline tit (Anthoscopus punctifrons) is a species of bird in the family Remizidae, the most northerly member of the genus Anthoscopus.
It is found in Cameroon, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Wikipedia contributors, Sennar penduline tit; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:53:17.194114+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Anthoscopus punctifrons (Sundevall, 1850)
- Name authority
- (Sundevall, 1850)
- Common name
- Sennar Penduline Tit
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Remizidae
- Genus
- Anthoscopus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyRemizidae Olphe-Galliard, 1891
- genusAnthoscopus Cabanis, 1851
- speciesAnthoscopus punctifrons (Sundevall, 1850)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Anthoscopus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Mouse-colored Penduline TitAnthoscopus musculus (Hartlaub, 1882) | RemizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Forest Penduline TitAnthoscopus flavifrons (Cassin, 1855) | RemizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey Penduline TitAnthoscopus caroli (Sharpe, 1871) | RemizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow Penduline TitAnthoscopus parvulus (Heuglin, 1864) | RemizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape Penduline TitAnthoscopus minutus (Shaw, 1812) | RemizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Aegithalus punctifrons Sundevall, 1850 Sundevall, 1850 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=558612 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5VFB6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.