Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Remizidae > Anthoscopus > Anthoscopus minutusAnthoscopus minutus (Cape Penduline Tit)The Cape penduline tit or southern penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) is a species of bird in the Remizidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitats are dry savannah, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. At 8 cm (3.1 in) in length, it is one of the smallest species of bird found in Africa, along with its cousins the grey penduline tit and the mouse-coloured penduline tit. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 10.3201 EDGE Score: 2.42658 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 8 grams | | Birth Weight [1] | 0.7 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 60 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 40 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 40 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 4 | | Incubation [3] | 15 days | | Mating Display [1] | Non-acrobatic aerial display |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Albany thickets |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Angolan Mopane woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands |
Angola |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Highveld grasslands |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands |
Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Kaokoveld desert |
Namibia, Angola |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Lowland fynbos and renosterveld |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Montane fynbos and renosterveld |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Nama Karoo |
Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Namib desert |
Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Namibian savanna woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Southern Africa bushveld |
Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Succulent Karoo |
Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Addo Elephant National Park |
II |
348463 |
Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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Augrabies Falls National Park |
II |
137301 |
Northern Cape, South Africa |
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Bontebok National Park |
II |
8315 |
Western Cape, South Africa |
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Daan Viljoen Game Park |
II |
9924 |
Namibia |
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Kalahari Gemsbok National Park |
II |
2382284 |
Northern Cape, South Africa |
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Karoo National Park |
II |
190300 |
Western Cape, South Africa |
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Marakele National Park |
II |
163507 |
Limpopo, South Africa |
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Mountain Zebra National Park |
II |
60944 |
Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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Richtersveld National Park |
II |
399195 |
Northern Cape, South Africa |
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Cape Peninsula National Park |
II |
70141 |
Western Cape, South Africa |
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West Caprivi Game Reserve Game Park |
VI |
1448182 |
Namibia |
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West Coast National Park |
II |
59916 |
Western Cape, South Africa |
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Wilderness National Park |
II |
5929 |
Western Cape, South Africa |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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