Bearded Tit - Panurus biarmicus
The bearded tit or reedling is a small, sexually dimorphic reed-bed passerine bird. It is frequently known as the bearded tit, due to some similarities to the long-tailed tit, or the bearded parrotbill.
The Bearded Tit sometimes called the Bearded Reedling is not actually a Tit at all but belongs to a family called Panuridae; so far no other bird has been identified as belonging to that family which makes the Bearded Tit a unique bird.
It is most often heard in dense reedbeds before it is seen with it's loud metallic 'pinging' call. It is a distinctive bird unlikely to be confused with any other, especially due to it's localised and known breeding areas
The Bearded Tit sometimes called the Bearded Reedling is not actually a Tit at all but belongs to a family called Panuridae; so far no other bird has been identified as belonging to that family which makes the Bearded Tit a unique bird.
It is most often heard in dense reedbeds before it is seen with it's loud metallic 'pinging' call. It is a distinctive bird unlikely to be confused with any other, especially due to it's localised and known breeding areas
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The bearded tit or reedling is a small, sexually dimorphic reed-bed passerine bird. It is frequently known as the bearded tit, due to some similarities to the long-tailed tit, or the bearded parrotbill.
The Bearded Tit sometimes called the Bearded Reedling is not actually a Tit at all but belongs to a family called Panuridae; so far no other bird has been identified as belonging to that family which makes the Bearded Tit a unique bird.
It is most often heard in dense reedbeds before it is...
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