The Red-throated Tit is a small tit of acacia woodland and savanna in Kenya and Tanzania, with records from about 100 to 1,600 m.
At 11–12 cm, it has a black crown, pale rufous head, neck and upper breast, gray upperparts with white-edged wing feathers, and dull brownish-gray lowerparts.
It is sedentary and searches trees in acacia habitat for small invertebrates, including insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.