Passeriformes

Penduline-tits (Remizidae)

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• Small to very small birds with sharply pointed conical bill, short to medium-length tail and relatively strong toes; plumage rather nondescript, but four species have bold head patterns and males of two others have colourful heads.
• Africa, Europe and Asia, and one species in southern North America.
• Open forest, waterside trees, reedbeds, desert with scattered vegetation, and montane forest.
• 5 genera, 13 species, 45 taxa.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.