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Remiz

  • Chinese Penduline-Tit

    Chinese penduline tit (Remiz consobrinus)
    The Chinese penduline tit (Remiz consobrinus) is a species of bird in the family Remizidae. 
    This bird species is native to Manchuria.
    The bird winters in the south of China.

    Penduline is an adjective describing something that hangs or is pendulous.
    The term originates from the Latin pendulus (adjective pendulinus: "hanging", "pendant") describing the nest structure of the penduline tits.

    Scientific Name: Remizidae (derived from the genus Remiz).

    Genus Remiz: This name comes from the Polish word remiz, which refers to the Eurasian penduline tit (Remiz pendulinus).

    Consobrinus is a Latin term for a male first cousin, specifically the child of one's mother's sister. The feminine form is consobrina (female cousin).
    The term is derived from com- (together) + sobrinus (earlier sosrinos, maternal cousin), originating from soror (sister). It implies children of sisters.

  • Remiz

    Remiz is a genus of birds in the family Remizidae, commonly known as the Eurasian pendulines (as opposed to the African pendulines).

    1/ Chinese penduline tit (Remiz consobrinus)

    Penduline is an adjective describing something that hangs or is pendulous.
    The term originates from the Latin pendulus (adjective pendulinus: "hanging", "pendant") describing the nest structure of the penduline tits.

    Scientific Name: Remizidae (derived from the genus Remiz).
    Genus Remiz: This name comes from the Polish word remiz, which refers to the Eurasian penduline tit (Remiz pendulinus).