#0678 · 🐦 birds
Bearded Reedling
🇳🇱 Baardman ·Panurus biarmicus
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Erik Eckstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Дмитрий Осипов · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Александр Кочетков · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Нина Штейнбреннер · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 7. © alexey_nesmelov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Геннадий · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Dmitry Dubikovskiy · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Nik Borrow · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The bearded reedling ( Panurus biarmicus ) is a small, sexually dimorphic reed-bed passerine bird. It is frequently known as the bearded tit , due to some similarities to the long-tailed tit, or the bearded parrotbill . It is the only species in the family Panuridae .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 211 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,060 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 15 g.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bearded Reedling
- Nederlands
- Baardman
- scientific name
- Panurus biarmicus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Panuridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 211
- sightings in Europe
- 4,589
- sightings worldwide
- 6,060
- GBIF records in NL
- 139,943
- weight
- 15.3 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 117000, Wikidata Q192817, GBIF 2493367, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.