Biology:Remiz
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Remiz | |
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| Eurasian penduline tit | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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4, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Remiza Stejneger, 1887 | |
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]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Eurasian penduline tit | Remiz pendulinus | Western Europe to Morocco |
| Black-headed penduline tit | Remiz macronyx | Central Asia. | |
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Chinese penduline tit | Remiz consobrinus | China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia. |
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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) (in Polish). Spis ptaków w gabinecie Zoologicznym Królewsko Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu znayduiących się a podług naynowszego systemu ustawionych przez F. P. Rawicza Jarockiego. Warszawa: nakł. i drukiem Zawadzkiego i Węckiego Uprzywilejowanych Drukarzy i Księgarzy Dworu Królestwa Polskiego. p. 21. https://polona.pl/item/spis-ptakow-w-gabinecie-zoologicznym-krolewsko-warszawskiego-uniwersytetu-znayduiacych,MTg5OTAxNDc/32.
- ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 62. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14482179.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 333. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling.
- ↑ 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. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waxwings/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2727124 entry
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