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| | + | [[Image:Plasica.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Eurasian Penduline Tit]]<br />Photo by {{user|anzek|anzek}}]] |
| | Genus: ''Remiz'' | | Genus: ''Remiz'' |
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| | ==Description== | | ==Description== |
| - | Four species of Penduline-Tits. | + | Four species of Penduline-Tits from [[Europe]] and [[Asia]].<br /> |
| | + | They share a sharply pointed conical bill with a more or less straight culmen.<br /> |
| | + | They are distinctively patterned with a black face mask. Females are similar to males but duller. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | ''Remiz'' is a genus in the family [[:Category:Remizidae|Remizidae]].<br /> | | ''Remiz'' is a genus in the family [[:Category:Remizidae|Remizidae]].<br /> |
| | + | All four species form a superspecies and are sometimes lumped in just one species, ''Remiz pendulinus''. An alternative treatment lumps [[Eurasian Penduline Tit]] with [[Black-headed Penduline Tit]] and [[White-crowned Penduline Tit]] with [[Chinese Penduline Tit]]. |
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| | {{Nav-Remiz}} | | {{Nav-Remiz}} |
| - | [[Category:Remizidae]] [[Category:Incomplete Taxa]] | + | |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#{{Ref-HBWVol13}} |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | + | [[Category:Remizidae]] |
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Genus: Remiz
[edit] Description
Four species of Penduline-Tits from Europe and Asia.
They share a sharply pointed conical bill with a more or less straight culmen.
They are distinctively patterned with a black face mask. Females are similar to males but duller.
[edit] Taxonomy
Remiz is a genus in the family Remizidae.
All four species form a superspecies and are sometimes lumped in just one species, Remiz pendulinus. An alternative treatment lumps Eurasian Penduline Tit with Black-headed Penduline Tit and White-crowned Penduline Tit with Chinese Penduline Tit.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553453
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