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Bearded Reedling (or Bearded Tit) Panurus biarmicus Native Range: Eurasia Notes: a small and beautiful marsh-dweller with quite a long tail and strong sexual dimorphism; generally tit-like (Paridae) in appearance but actually related more closely to babblers (Timaliidae); inhabits reed-beds almost exclusively.