Black-headed penduline tit


The black-headed penduline tit is a species of bird in the family Remizidae.
It is found in Central Asia in reed beds along lakes or rivers. Its distribution is fragmented. It is the least thoroughly-documented bird in the Remiz genus, and has been described as one of the most poorly-known bird in Central Asia.

Diet

It is omnivorous.

Taxonomy

Four subspecies are recognised:R. m. macronyx – southwest Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, north & southeast Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and northeast Afghanistan.R. m. neglectus – north Iran and south Turkmenistan. Its males typically have heads more fully covered in black plumage, with fewer traces of the chestnut seen in other subspecies.R. m. nigricans – southeast Iran and southwest Afghanistan. It is generally believed to have gone extinct. It had a dark head and a chestnut body.R. m. ssaposhnikowi – southeast Kazakhstan
The IUCN considers R. macronyx to be a synonym of Remiz pendulinus, the Eurasian penduline tit.