Chinese Penduline-Tit
Remiz consobrinus
Handsome small songbird of fields and wetlands with extensive reedy cover. Both sexes light brown with white-bordered dark mask. Male has a gray crown with rufous tones in wings and neck, female more uniformly colored above. Flies lightly and bouncily; flying flocks cluster tightly together. Forms large flocks in the winter, when they sometimes feed with reed buntings. Calls are high-pitched and thin, often with a rasping quality.
Identification
The birds are 11 cm in length. They are small, pale birds of reedbeds with a fine-pointed bill, often in flocks of 10 to 20.<p>Male: Greyish crown and nape. Black mask from forehead edged white. Chestnut mantle, half-collar and wing-coverts contrast with dark wings and black tail in flight. Whitish underparts are marked with buff.<p>Female: Mask brown. Upperparts browner lacking chestnut.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Remiz consobrinus
- Authority
- (Swinhoe, 1870)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Remizidae
- Genus
- Remiz
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Conservation
The population is increasing, it is considered by the IUCN as "least concern".
- Population trend
- rising
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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