Eurasian Penduline Tit
A species of Northern Penduline-tits, Also known as Masked Penduline-tit Scientific name : Remiz pendulinus Genus : Northern Penduline-tits
Eurasian Penduline Tit, A species of Northern Penduline-tits
Also known as:
Masked Penduline-tit
Botanical name: Remiz pendulinus
Genus: Northern Penduline-tits
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Description General Info
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Description
The Eurasian penduline tit or European penduline tit (Remiz pendulinus) is a passerine bird of the genus Remiz. The genus name is the Polish word for the Eurasian penduline tit, and pendulinus is Latin for "hanging down”, which refers to its nest. It is relatively widespread throughout the Palearctic. The breeding range of the species in Western Europe experienced an expansion during the 1980s and 1990s. This was accompanied by an expansion of the species’ winter range and reached as far south as northern Morocco. 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. 
Size
11 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Eurasian Penduline Tit primarily consumes small invertebrates, especially insect larvae, spiders, and aphids, besides seeds from willows and reedmace. It forages in trees, reedbeds, and flowers, holding prey with its foot when feeding. Eurasian Penduline Tit often feeds in pairs or small groups, occasionally forming larger flocks in winter and spring.
Habitat
The eurasian Penduline Tit frequents wetland environments such as lakesides and riverine swamps. It is attracted to areas abundant in emergent vegetation like reeds and reedmace, as well as wooded regions featuring poplars and willows. Occasionally, it inhabits coastal and estuarine areas with tamarisk vegetation, primarily occupying the lowland regions.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Species Status
The penduline tit has a large range, estimated at 1-10 million square kilometres (0.4-3.8 million square miles), and a population estimated at 420,000–840,000 individuals in Europe alone, and there is evidence that the population is increasing. It is therefore not believed to meet the IUCN Red List threshold criterion of a population decline of more than 30% in ten years or three generations, and is evaluated as Least Concern.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Penduline tits Genus
Northern Penduline-tits Species
Eurasian Penduline Tit 
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