Eurasian Penduline Tit

Remiz pendulinus

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedInvertebratesWetlandDomed nestTiny · 9 g

What the Eurasian Penduline Tit sounds like

Sonogram of the Eurasian Penduline Tit: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Call · Vains, Manche, Normandie, France · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Eurasian Penduline Tit: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Call · Cabane Vauban (near Carolles), Manche, Normandie, France · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Eurasian Penduline Tit: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Tim Vochten · Flight call · Arrondissement Antwerpen (near Antwerp), Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

This is a small tit, 10–11.5 cm (3.9–4.5 in) in length with a finely pointed bill and a relatively long tail. The head is light grey with a black "mask" through the eye. The back is chestnut brown. The sexes are very similar in appearance, but the male has a broader mask and a more rufous back.

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When to see the Eurasian Penduline Tit

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Eurasian Penduline Tit

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 55 countries with regular records, and 4 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Morocco, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Tajikistan.

About the Eurasian Penduline Tit

The Eurasian penduline tit or European penduline tit is a passerine bird of the genus Remiz. It is relatively widespread throughout the western Palearctic. It is migratory in the northern part of its range but resident in the southern part.

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Easily confused with

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