''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, Remizidae, of small passerine birds, related to the true tits. All but the verdin make elaborate bag nests hanging from trees (whence "penduline", hanging), usually over water.
Characteristics
Pendulin ...
s, 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.
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
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