Eurasian Penduline Tit

Remiz pendulinus

(R. p. menzbieri)

Armenian Name:	Ճոճահավ
Species Status:	Undetermined Species - Species of Special Concern

See Plate 52 for Eurasian Penduline Tit and other similar species

Resident Status:	Year-round resident
Abundance:	Common
Length:	11 cm, Wing Span:16-17.5 cm
Distribution Map:	Map 295.
Description:	Tiny with black mask.
Adult:	Male: pale gray head with black mask, red-brown back, and pale brown-yellow underparts. Female: duller, browner head and upperparts.
Juvenile:	Grayish head lacking mask; orange-brown back.
Habitat:	Poplars and willows along rivers and lakes, reedbeds.
Food:	Insects.
Nest:	Hanging oval basket of plant fibers and down with short entrance tube, in trees.
Eggs:	16 mm, 6-8, white.