- European Penduline Tit
Taxobox
name = European Penduline Tit
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref =IUCN2007|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=52066|title= Remiz pendulinus
downloaded=2008-01-12 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern]
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia =Remizidae
genus = "Remiz "
species = "R. pendulinus"
binomial = "Remiz pendulinus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)The European Penduline Tit ("Remiz pendulinus") is a
passerine of thegenus "Remiz ". It is relatively widespread throughoutEurasia .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.cite book | last = Harrap | first =Simon | coauthors= Quinn, David |title = Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers | year = 1996 | publisher = Christopher Helm | pages = p205-211|isbn = 0-7136-3964-4]This species was first described as "Motacilla pendulinus" by Linnaeus in his "Systema naturae" in 1758. [la icon cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=Carolus | authorlink=Carolus Linnaeus | title=Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. | quote= M. capite ferrugineo, macula nigra oculan, remigibus rectricibusquc fuscis margine utroque ferrugineis|publisher=Holmiae. (Laurentii Salvii). | date=1758| pages=p189]
tatus
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 it 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.
References
External links
* [http://www.ibercajalav.net/img/399_PendulineTitRpendulinus.pdf Ageing and sexing (PDF) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta]
* [http://www.bath.ac.uk/bio-sci/biodiversity-lab/ Biodiversity Lab University of Bath, containing info about Penduline Tit research]
* [http://www.pendulinetit.com Penduline Tit Research Group]
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