Penduline Tit

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

The Penduline Tit is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus is not a tit (Paridae) but one of thirteen members of the Remidae, a family ranging right across Eurasia (Remiz and Cephalopyrus), throughout Africa (Anthoscopus and Pholidornis), and - if current thinking is followed - is represented in the Nearctic by the Verdin Auriparus flaviceps. All members build elaborate “hanging-basket” nests - except for the Verdin and the Fire-capped Tit of South-east Asia. More

White-crowned Penduline Tit popped up in to the bush above me. It didnt take me long before I found the nest. So we moved off a little and let the adults move in to the nest while we sat at the ready with our digiscoping gear. More

Penduline Tits are a small family of tiny passerines found mostly in Eurasia and Africa, with a single example in the New World. They are arboreal and insectivorous, like this Southern Penduline-Tit (left) of southern Africa. They are generally found in pairs or small groups. Habitat preferences include open woodlands in Eurasian species, but also thornscrub in Africa and southwestern North America. More

The European Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus) is a passerine of the genus Remiz. It is relatively widespread throughout Eurasia. The Asian (sub)species include the Black-headed Penduline Tit, Remiz macronyx, the White-crowned Penduline Tit, Remiz coronatus, and the Chinese Penduline Tit, Remiz consobrinus. It builds an elaborate hanging nest, formerly used in Central Europe as children's slippers. This species was first described as Motacilla pendulinus by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758. More

The penduline tits are a family of small passerine birds, related to the true tits. All but the Verdin and Fire-capped Tit make elaborate bag nests hanging from trees (whence "penduline", hanging), usually over water; inclusion of the Fire-capped Tit in this family is disputed by some authorities. More

Since 2002 we have been following a penduline tit population during each breeding season (April - August) in an extensively used fish pond system, F More

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There are 10 species of penduline tit in four genera, according to Peters (1934–1986). However, classification is problematic. Traditionally they are placed in their own family, the Remizidae, but more recent classification based on DNA analysis suggests they may be better placed as a subfamily (Remizinae) in a larger Paridae family, which also includes the true tits, i.e. chickadees (Sibley and Ahlquist 1990). More

Penduline Tit at Attenborough Nature Reserve. Photo by Sean Browne Rare bird sighting at Attenborough Nature Reserve - Amateur wildlife photographer Sean Browne has recorded the second ever sighting of a penduline tit in Notts. He tells us about the moment he spotted the rare bird. On Friday 28 November, at 13.15, I was scanning a reed bed at Attenborough Nature Reserve, when a tawny owl called from some islands behind me. More

Penduline tits can be found throughout most of central and southern Europe. "If you are a penduline tit your perfect partner is one that is happy to stay home and look after the kids, whilst you go off and find a new partner," said Dr Tamas Szekely from the University of Bath (UK) who worked with colleagues from Eotvos University (Hungary) and University of Groningen (Netherlands). More

The Penduline Tit is not a tit at all, though it certainly looks like one. Adult Penduline Tits are very distinctive with their grey heads and bold black eye-masks, duller on the females, but the juveniles can be puzzlingly dull. They look basically all brown but their small size, tit-like manner and rounded greyish-brown heads should separate them from all small birds except juvenile Bearded Tits which are larger, longer-tailed and have heavily patterned wings. More

The penduline tit (Remiz pendulinus) is irregularly distributed in river scrub and marshes across Eurasia. An 11-cm- (4.5-inch-) long brownish bird with a black mask on its whitish head, it is named for its two-chambered nest (built by the male), which consists of a finely felted bag of plant down or wool, suspended from the tip of a branch (sometimes in reeds). More

The Penduline Tit in Catalonia: = Resident, winter visitor and passage migrant. = Best Sites: riparian woodland and wetlands such as those found in Lleida Steppes and Llobregat Delta respectively. = Named after the pendulous nature of its nest a Sub-species: a The Fox and The Vixen. More

The penduline tits are a group of small passerine birds, related to the true tits. All but the Verdin make elaborate bag nests hanging from trees, usually over water. They eat insects. Pendulinenest22.jpg Nest of Remiz pendulinus There are nine species in four genera. Genus Remiz * Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Pendtitsm. More

conflict in penduline tits that produces a high frequency of biparentally deserted (and thus wasted) offspring. More

Penduline tits are found in a range of habitats from the deserts of Arizona to the expansive reedbeds of the black-headed penduline tits (Remiz macronyx) and the sub-Saharan scrub and forests of the African penduline tits. Behavior - Penduline tits are extremely active and agile birds. Typically, they are found in pairs or in small groups. More

Penduline Tit, Cornwall, Land's End 15/10/03 © Chris Wormwell Lots more photos in the Cornwall review on our website: www.iombirding.co.uk Send this as a postcard Penduline Tit - Penduline Tit, Cornwall, Land's End 15/10/03 © Chris Wormwell Lots more photos in the Cornwall review on our website: www.iombirding.co. More

Search this site: Home » Bird Watching » Penduline Tits at the 2nd time of asking Penduline Tits at the 2nd time of asking = Submitted by DaveSivyer on Tue, 20/11/2007 - 17:58 * Bird Watching I managed a quick trip down to Walberswick this morning to have another look for the 4 Penduline Tit that have been frequenting the marsh edges just south of the old wind pump. More

Eurasian Penduline Tit call of unmated male near nest. Remiz pendulinus pendulinus (0:23) Sander Bot XC35203 04-05-2009, Netherlands Eurasian Penduline Tit song of unmated male near nest. Remiz pendulinus (0:42) Sander Bot XC35204 13-06-2006, Hungary Eurasian Penduline Tit song of unmated male near nest. More

white, though the European Penduline Tit has black and chestnut markings and some species have bright yellow or red (Perrins 2003). Distribution and Habitat - The penduline tits live in Eurasia and Africa and North America. The genus Remiz is almost exclusively Eurasian, ranging discontinuously from Portugal and the tip of northern Morocco through to Siberia and Japan. The largest genus, Anthoscopus, is found in sub-Saharan Africa from the Sahel through to South Africa. More