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Mouse-colored Penduline Tit
Anthoscopus musculus (Hartlaub, 1882)
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 musculus, West Arsi, Ethiopia, 2023-03-15 (iNaturalist).
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Open encyclopedia reference
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 contributors, Mouse-coloured penduline tit; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:51:01.909753+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Anthoscopus musculus (Hartlaub, 1882)
- Name authority
- (Hartlaub, 1882)
- Common name
- Mouse-colored 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 musculus (Hartlaub, 1882)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sennar Penduline TitAnthoscopus punctifrons (Sundevall, 1850) | 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 musculus Hartlaub, 1882 Hartlaub, 1882 | 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=558610 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:5VFB7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.