Eurasian penduline tit

Eurasian penduline tit
in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Remizidae
Genus: Remiz
Species:
R. pendulinus
Binomial name
Remiz pendulinus
Range of R. pendulinus
  Breeding
  Resident
  Passage
  Non-breeding
Synonyms
  • Motacilla pendulina Linnaeus, 1758
  • Parus pendulinus Linnaeus, 1766

The Eurasian penduline tit or European penduline tit (Remiz pendulinus) is a passerine bird of the genus Remiz. It is relatively widespread throughout the western Palearctic. It is migratory in the northern part of its range but resident in the southern part.

The breeding range in Western Europe experienced an expansion during the 1980s and 1990s.[2] This was accompanied by an expansion of the species’ winter range and reached as far south as northern Morocco.[3]

It builds an elaborate hanging nest, formerly used in Central Europe as children's slippers.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Remiz pendulinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T155249960A156122335. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155249960A156122335.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Valera, F.; Rey, P.; Sanchez-Lafuente, A.M.; Muñoz-Cobo, J. (1990). "The situation of penduline tit (Remiz pendulins) in southern Europe: A new stage of its expansion". Journal für Ornithologie. 131 (4): 413–420. doi:10.1007/BF01639817.
  3. ^ Amezian, M.; Thompson, I.; Bensusan, K.; Cortes, J.; Louah, A.; Qninba, A. (2011). "On regular wintering of Eurasian Penduline Tits Remiz pendulinus in northern Morocco". Ostrich. 82 (1): 39–42. doi:10.2989/00306525.2011.556783. S2CID 85229007.
  4. ^ Harrap, Simon; Quinn, David (1996). Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers. Christopher Helm. pp. 205–211. ISBN 0-7136-3964-4.