''Remiz'' is a genus of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

s in the family Remizidae, commonly known as the Eurasian pendulines (in contrast to the African pendulines). Like other

penduline tit The penduline tits constitute the family (biology), family, Remizidae, of small perching bird, passerine birds, related to the true tit (bird), tits. All but the verdin make elaborate bag nests hanging from trees (whence "penduline", hanging), us ...

s, they are named for their elegant, pendulous nests.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Remiz'' was introduced in 1819 by the Polish zoologist

Feliks Paweł Jarocki Feliks Paweł Jarocki (Pacanów, 14 January 1790 – 25 March 1865, Warsaw) was a Polish zoologist and entomologist. Life Jarocki was a Doctor of Liberal Arts and Philosophy. He organized and managed the Zoological Cabinet of the Royal Univers ...

to accommodate a single species, the

Eurasian penduline tit The Eurasian penduline tit or European penduline tit (''Remiz pendulinus'') is a passerine bird of the genus ''Remiz''. It is relatively widespread throughout the western Palearctic. It is migratory in the northern part of its range but resident ...

. The name ''Remiz'' is the Polish word for the Eurasian penduline tit. The genus contains the following four species:

References

Bird genera Taxa named by Feliks Paweł Jarocki Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Remizidae-stub