Scientific name:
Remiz pendulinus

Natural spread:
means and Southern Europe

the 11 cm big bag-titmouse lives in bush-is enough and with smaller trees passed foreshore-ships of the seas and rivers of means and Southern Europe and occurs in several subtypes as far as to China and Japan. Through the Trockenlegung of swamps and Altwässern of straightened rivers, bag-titmice however still frequently find only few suitable brood-possibilities, in which Auwäldern are the Danube and big east European rivers, in Germany it.

Reproduction The oblong ones until round nests are installed several meters highly at vertically hanging branches by the male, often directly over the water-surface or at least near to the water. The bird connects one or several branch-forks so with densely matted plant-sharing and webs that a bag of 14-18 cm of height and 9-12 cm of width is finally built. The stable nest-wall can become finger-thick on that occasion. Before the construction is quite ready, the male tries to win a female, who often then helps with the final completion. The approach-hole can have moved out to a 9 cm long tube.

As soon as the nest is accomplished against end of April and the female begins with the Bebrütung of the 5-7 eggs, the male builds a second nest and tries to win further females. After approximately 13 days, the boys slip and are fed with insects by the female mainly, that it in the shore-approaches tube-continuances and bushes catches. Usually the bag-titmice brood only once per year, two and three yearly-broods are rarer. The winter over eats bag-titmice also plant-seeds. According to habitat, they are stand, line, or migratory birds.

Endangering The bag-titmouse is classified as a potentially endangered type in Germany.