Cape Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus minutus) [XC816925]
by id from dam at Popular clump, Seven Dams, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa (call)
Cape Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus minutus) [XC516092]
by Tony Archer from Polokwane Game Reserve, Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa (song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Sennar Penduline-Tit (Anthoscopus punctifrons), Yellow Penduline-Tit (Anthoscopus parvulus), Mouse-coloured Penduline-Tit (Anthoscopus musculus) and Grey Penduline-Tit (Anthoscopus caroli). Possibly closest to A.parvulus, which may be its northern counterpart. Geographical variation somewhat clinal, plumage colour darkening from north to south.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
damarensis Reichenow, 1905 - Central-western and south-western Angola, northern Namibia, much of Botswana (except south-west) and western and central Zimbabwe south to northern South Africa (Limpopo Province).
minutus (Shaw & Nodder, 1812) - Western and southern Namibia, south-western Botswana and western and central South Africa (south to western Cape, east to north-western Free State and Mpumalanga).
gigi Winterbottom, 1959 - Southern South Africa (south-western Free State south to western eastern Cape).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet