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| | ;[[: Category:Remiz|Remiz]] consobrinus | | ;[[: Category:Remiz|Remiz]] consobrinus |
| | [[Image:Chinese_Penduline_Tit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|wigan24|wigan24}}<br />Sihung, [[South Korea]], March 2006]] | | [[Image:Chinese_Penduline_Tit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|wigan24|wigan24}}<br />Sihung, [[South Korea]], March 2006]] |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | 10.5cm. A typical Penduline Tit. |
| | + | * Black mask with witish border |
| | + | * Grey crown, nape and side of neck |
| | + | * Chestnut upper mantle with cinnamon tipped feathers |
| | + | * Dull cinnamon-buff back and uppertail-coverts |
| | + | * Dark grey upperwing with cinnamon or buff fringed feathers |
| | + | * Light buff chin and throat |
| | + | * Buff underparts washed cinnamon buff on flanks |
| | + | Females are much duller with a dark brown or reddish-brown mask.<br /> |
| | + | Juveniles are poorly known and rather undescript. |
| | + | ====Similar species==== |
| | + | [[White-crowned Penduline Tit]] has a more extensive black mask with black extending to upper nape. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | [[Asia]]: Migrant within [[China]], breeding in north, wintering in south; seems also to occur in adjacent countries as migrant. Also [[Japan]], [[North Korea]], [[South Korea]], and [[Russia]]. | + | Breeds in the [[Russia]]n Far East and northeast [[China]] (Nei Mongol, Heilongijang, Jilin, Ningxia and possibly also Liaoning).<br /> |
| | + | Winters in eastern and southern [[China]] (Yangtze valley, Yunnan, [[Hong Kong]]), [[South Korea]] and South [[Japan]].<br /> |
| | + | A poorly known species. An increase in the wintering grounds was recorded in the last decades. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. Some authorities consider it a part of [[Eurasian Penduline Tit]] | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species.<br /> |
| | + | Forms a superspecies with [[Eurasian Penduline Tit]], [[Black-headed Penduline Tit]] and [[White-crowned Penduline Tit]]. All four sometimes considered one species and present species sometimes considered conspecific with [[White-crowned Penduline Tit]]. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Reed beds and marshes. | + | Reed beds and marshes fringed by bushes and trees (particularly poplar and willows).<br /> |
| | + | Outside breeding season encountered in a variety of habitats. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | Feeds mainly on insects and their larvae and small spiders. Takes also seeds in winter.<br /> |
| | + | Forages mainly in reedbeds. Outside breeding season in small flocks.<br /> |
| | + | Breeding season probably from late May to mid-June. The nest is an elongated globular pouch with a entrance tube at the side. It's suspended from rear tip of reeds or a bush. Lays 5 to 10 eggs.<br /> |
| | + | A strongly migratory species arriving in breeding grounds in mid-April and leaving in September. |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| - | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}} | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#{{Ref-HBWVol13}} |
| | {{ref}} | | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Remiz+consobrinus}} | | {{GSearch|Remiz+consobrinus}} |
| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Remiz]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Remiz]] |
Revision as of 14:41, 5 August 2012
- Remiz consobrinus
Identification
10.5cm. A typical Penduline Tit.
- Black mask with witish border
- Grey crown, nape and side of neck
- Chestnut upper mantle with cinnamon tipped feathers
- Dull cinnamon-buff back and uppertail-coverts
- Dark grey upperwing with cinnamon or buff fringed feathers
- Light buff chin and throat
- Buff underparts washed cinnamon buff on flanks
Females are much duller with a dark brown or reddish-brown mask.
Juveniles are poorly known and rather undescript.
Similar species
White-crowned Penduline Tit has a more extensive black mask with black extending to upper nape.
Distribution
Breeds in the Russian Far East and northeast China (Nei Mongol, Heilongijang, Jilin, Ningxia and possibly also Liaoning).
Winters in eastern and southern China (Yangtze valley, Yunnan, Hong Kong), South Korea and South Japan.
A poorly known species. An increase in the wintering grounds was recorded in the last decades.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Forms a superspecies with Eurasian Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit and White-crowned Penduline Tit. All four sometimes considered one species and present species sometimes considered conspecific with White-crowned Penduline Tit.
Habitat
Reed beds and marshes fringed by bushes and trees (particularly poplar and willows).
Outside breeding season encountered in a variety of habitats.
Behaviour
Feeds mainly on insects and their larvae and small spiders. Takes also seeds in winter.
Forages mainly in reedbeds. Outside breeding season in small flocks.
Breeding season probably from late May to mid-June. The nest is an elongated globular pouch with a entrance tube at the side. It's suspended from rear tip of reeds or a bush. Lays 5 to 10 eggs.
A strongly migratory species arriving in breeding grounds in mid-April and leaving in September.
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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