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Eurasian penduline tit

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European Penduline Tit
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R. pendulinus
Binomial name
Remiz pendulinus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The European Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus) is a passerine of the genus Remiz. It is relatively widespread throughout Eurasia, The east Asian subspecies is sometimes split as the Black-headed Penduline Tit, Remiz macronyx

It builds an elaborate hanging nest, formerly used in Central Europe as children's slippers.[2]

This species was first described as Motacilla pendulinus by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758.[3]

Status

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN2007 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
  2. ^ Harrap, Simon (1996). Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers. Christopher Helm. pp. p205-211. ISBN 0-7136-3964-4. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Template:La icon Linnaeus, Carolus (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae. (Laurentii Salvii). pp. p189. M. capite ferrugineo, macula nigra oculan, remigibus rectricibusquc fuscis margine utroque ferrugineis {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)