Yellow Penduline Tit - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Steve G

Anthoscopus parvulus

Identification

8 cm (3 in)

• Olive-yellow
• Pointed conical bill

Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, DRC
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Uganda

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• A. p. senegalensis:

• Senegal to Central African Republic

• A. p. aureus:

• Northern Ghana

• A. p. parvulus:

• Chad to southern South Sudan and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

An additional subspecies citrinus is not generally recognised^[2].

Habitat

Dry savanna.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of small insects and larvae. They forage mostly in the upper canopy.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Yellow Penduline Tit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow_Penduline_Tit

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