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Remiz
	Eurasian penduline tit
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Remizidae
Genus:	Remiz; Jarocki, 1819
Type species
	Motacilla pendulinus (Eurasian penduline tit); Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	4, see text
Synonyms
	Remiza Stejneger, 1887; Remizus Pražák, 1897

Remiz is a genus of birds in the family Remizidae, commonly known as the Eurasian pendulines (in contrast to the African pendulines). Like other penduline tits, they are named for their elegant, pendulous nests.

Taxonomy

The genus Remiz was introduced in 1819 by the Polish zoologist Feliks Paweł Jarocki to accommodate a single species, the Eurasian penduline tit.^[2]^[3] The name Remiz is the Polish word for the Eurasian penduline tit.^[4]

The genus contains the following four species:^[5]

Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
Eurasian penduline tit	Remiz pendulinus	Western Europe to Morocco
Black-headed penduline tit	Remiz macronyx	Central Asia.
Chinese penduline tit	Remiz consobrinus	Manchuria ; winters sparsely across East Asia
White-crowned penduline tit	Remiz coronatus	Afghanistan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, and Tajikistan.

References

^ Mlíkovský, Jiří (26 August 2011). "Nomenclatural and taxonomic status of bird taxa (Aves) described by an ornithological swindler, Josef Prokop Pražák (1870–1904)". Zootaxa. 3005 (3005): 45–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3005.1.2.
^ Jarocki, Feliks Paweł (1819). Spis ptaków w gabinecie Zoologicznym Królewsko Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu znayduiących się a podług naynowszego systemu ustawionych przez F. P. Rawicza Jarockiego (in Polish). Warszawa: nakł. i drukiem Zawadzkiego i Węckiego Uprzywilejowanych Drukarzy i Księgarzy Dworu Królestwa Polskiego. p. 21.
^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 62.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 333. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Waxwings and allies, tits, penduline tits". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

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[1] Mlíkovský, Jiří (26 August 2011). "Nomenclatural and taxonomic status of bird taxa (Aves) described by an ornithological swindler, Josef Prokop Pražák (1870–1904)". Zootaxa. 3005 (3005): 45–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3005.1.2.

[2] Jarocki, Feliks Paweł (1819). Spis ptaków w gabinecie Zoologicznym Królewsko Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu znayduiących się a podług naynowszego systemu ustawionych przez F. P. Rawicza Jarockiego (in Polish). Warszawa: nakł. i drukiem Zawadzkiego i Węckiego Uprzywilejowanych Drukarzy i Księgarzy Dworu Królestwa Polskiego. p. 21.

[3] Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 62.

[job-4] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 333. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[ioc-5] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Waxwings and allies, tits, penduline tits". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

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