Anthoscopus parvulus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Yellow penduline tit (Anthoscopus parvulus) is a species of bird in the family Remizidae. This small yellow passerine bird is found in semi-arid savanna regions of West Africa. The yellow penduline tit was formally described in 1864 by the German explorer and ornithologist Theodor von Heuglin under the binomial name Aegithalus parvulus. This species is now placed in the genus Anthoscopus that was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek anthos meaning "blossom" or "flower" with skopos meaning "searcher". The specific epithet parvulus is Latin for "very small" (a diminutive of parvus meaning "small"). The yellow penduline tit is considered by some to be monotypic as no subspecies are clearly distinguishable. The ranges of some proposed subspecies are however widely disjunct.
A. parvulus senegalensis (Grote, 1924) described based on a specimen obtained by Victor Planchat from Saint Louis, Senegal. A. parvulus aureus Bannerman, 1939 - N.W. Ghana A. parvulus parvulus (Heuglin, 1864) - South Chad, Uganda
The yellow penduline tit is around 8 cm (3.1 in) in overall length and weighs 6–8 g (0... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Penduline-Tit sighting in Niokolo-Koba National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 194th most-seen of the 215 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Penduline-Tit in Niokolo-Koba National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, August–September and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Niokolo-Koba National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 300 mm in August. May–July and October have too few records to rate.
Only Niokolo-Koba National Park, in our data
Niokolo-Koba National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow Penduline-Tit sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Yellow Penduline-Tit that you can see in Niokolo-Koba National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Long-tailed Glossy Starling (about 90%), Yellow-crowned Gonolek (about 70%) and Common Bulbul (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow Penduline-Tit is recorded against all the birds logged in Niokolo-Koba National Park (12 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
