Cape penduline tit
Cape penduline tit | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Remizidae |
Genus: | Anthoscopus |
Species: | A. minutus
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Binomial name | |
Anthoscopus minutus (Shaw, 1812)
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The Cape penduline tit or southern penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) is a species of bird in the family
. Its naturalTaxonomy
The Cape penduline tit was
Three subspecies are recognised:[6]
- A. m. damarensis Reichenow, 1905 – west Angola and north Namibia, north, east Botswana, Zimbabwe and north South Africa
- A. m. gigi Winterbottom, 1959 – south South Africa
- A. m. minutus (Shaw, 1812) – west, south Namibia, southwest Botswana and west, central South Africa
Behaviour
Breeding
They build a globular nest made of the webs of Stegodyphus spiders as well as silken fibre from various plants. An entrance hole is made on the side and towards the end, a false entry and chamber are constructed below the actual entrance to the nest chamber. The spout at the entrance has a separating septum with the entrance to the actual nest chamber at the upper portion, the septum pushed up with its forehead to close the upper entrance by the bird just before leaving the nest so as to show only the main entrance leading into a blind chamber. This is a defence against snakes and other nest predators.[8][9]
References
- . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ISBN 9781770072442.
- ISBN 978-0856610790
- ^ Shaw, George (1812). The Naturalist's Miscellany (in Latin). Vol. 23. London: Printed for Nodder & Co. Plate 997.
- ^ Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 89.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Waxwings and allies, tits, penduline tits". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ISBN 978-1-4008-5362-5.
- ISSN 0030-6525.
External links
- Cape Penduline Tit - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.