China (mainland), Japan, North Korea, Russia (Asian), South Korea.
Breeds locally in Russian Far East and in north-eastern China (in eastern Nei Mongol and adjacent Heilongjiang, north-western Jilin, southern Ningxia, possibly also southern Liaoning); non-breeding mainly eastern and southern China (middle and lower Yangtze valley, also Yunnan and Hong Kong), southern Korea and southern Japan (chiefly Kyushu and Honshu).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Chinese Penduline Tit (Remiz consobrinus) [XC803144]
by Oriental Stork from \u5927\u5b81\u6c34\u5e93\u53ca\u5176\u4e1c\u90e8\u6c38\u5b9a\u6cb3\u5e9f\u5f03\u6cb3\u9053,Beijing,China, China (song)
Chinese Penduline Tit (Remiz consobrinus) [XC841440]
by Bo Shunqi \u8584\u987a\u5947 from Cape Nanhui, China (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Remiz pendulinus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Eurasian Penduline-Tit (Remiz pendulinus) and Black-headed Penduline-Tit (Remiz macronyx) following Harrap and Quinn (1996) who recognises four species of Remiz: pendulinus, macronyx, coronatus and consobrinus. Eck and Martens (2006) lump macronyx with pendulinus and consobrinus with coronatus citing hybridisation between macronyx and pendulinus on the north and southwest shores of the Caspian Sea as a factor, but they fail to adequately justify their treatment of White-crowned Penduline-Tit (Remiz coronatus) and Chinese Penduline-Tit (Remiz consobrinus) as conspecific. Examination of specimens and literature by the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group suggests that the four taxa are best treated as separate species owing to consistent morphological and ecological differences between them with habitat partitioning occurring where two taxa occur in sympatry. This arrangement best fits the geographic distribution of these taxa.
Forms a species group with Eurasian Penduline-Tit (Remiz pendulinus), Black-headed Penduline-Tit (Remiz macronyx) and White-crowned Penduline-Tit (Remiz coronatus). All often considered conspecific. Probably most closely related to Eurasian Penduline-Tit (Remiz pendulinus), but sometimes considered conspecific with White-crowned Penduline-Tit (Remiz coronatus) (and the other two then united as a separate species). Treatment as four distinct species based mainly on structural, as well as plumage and habitat, differences.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet