Remiz

Not to be confused with Remzi.

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.

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[1]
Remiza Stejneger, 1887 Remizus Pražák, 1897

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]

Image	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.