Kakum National Park, Ghana
May 2011

The Tit-hylia is currently placed in the family of Penduline Tits but there still seems to be some doubt about its true relationship. In the past it has been placed with the flowerpeckers, the sunbirds, the waxbills, the Old World warblers, the tits and chickadees and the Australian honeyeaters.

It is a tiny bird, possibly the smallest bird in Africa, at 7.5 cm. The head, throat and breast are pale grey but heavily streaked with fine brown lines. Upperparts are brownish while the belly and rump are dull yellow. The legs are bright orange-yellow.