Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
About the Bearded Reedling
The bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus) is a small, long-tailed passerine bird found in reed beds near water in the temperate zone of Eurasia. It is frequently known as the bearded tit or occasionally as bearded parrotbill, as historically it was believed to be closely related to either the tits or parrotbills. Today it is known to lack close relatives and it is the only species in the family Panuridae. Bearded reedlings are strongly sexually dimorphic and form life-long pairs. They are highly productive and can breed several times in a season. They mainly feed on small invertebrates in summer and reed (Phragmites australis) seeds in winter.
A real field recording of the Bearded Reedling. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed Public Domain / CC0 ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Denmark, Finland and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 511 recordings for this species in total.
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- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosrecording
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martiusrecording
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusrecording
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusrecording
- BramblingFringilla montifringillarecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.