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Chinese Penduline Tit
Remiz consobrinus (Chinese Penduline Tit · ツリスガラ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Because it is a passage migrant that passes through regularly in small flocks in spring and autumn, it can be encountered in riverside and lakeside woods during those seasons (National List of Species of Korea).
- 💡 Hanging its nest from the tip of a willow branch drooping over water creates a distinctive scene of a swaying nest (National List of Species of Korea).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Chinese Penduline Tit is a tiny bird that hangs its nest from willow branches drooping over water, passing through Korea in small flocks in spring and autumn.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
The forehead, lores, cheeks, and ear coverts are brownish-black, the crown is gray, and the supercilium is dull white. The chin is white, the throat and breast are creamy buff, and the bill is gray.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds mainly on insect larvae and raises its chicks on caterpillars (Lepidoptera larvae), switching to grass seeds in winter. It usually hangs its nest from the tip of a willow branch drooping over water along a riverbank and lays 5–10 eggs (usually 7) from late May to mid-July.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
According to the National List of Species of Korea, it is a passage migrant passing regularly through Korea in small flocks in spring and autumn, and also breeds in some parts of Korea.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2024) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22711632/263700673
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 263700673
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000001983 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000001983
- • wikidata.org — Q2225265
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Remiz consobrinus southern Japan.jpg
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.