Bearded reedling

Its diet category is invertivore, its trophic level is listed as omnivore, and its foraging lifestyle is perching. Clutches hold 6 eggs, incubated for 12.5 days, with 2.5 clutches per year; it reaches sexual maturity at 1 year and is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN.

Weight

13.8 g – 15.3 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

17 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

6.66 years – 6.92 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

12.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

5.7 – 6src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

2.5src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Partialsrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The bearded reedling is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyPanuridae
6. genusPanurus
7. SpeciesPanurus biarmicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Aegithalos biarmicus, Calamophilus biarmicus, Lanius minimus, Mystacinus biarmicus, Parus biarimicus, Parus biarmicus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

Passeridae

LC, Least Concern

Common raven

Corvus corax

Corvidae

LC, Least Concern

Eurasian magpie

Pica pica

Corvidae

LC, Least Concern

Common blackbird

Turdus merula

Turdidae

LC, Least Concern

European robin

Erithacus rubecula

Muscicapidae

LC, Least Concern

Eurasian golden oriole

Oriolus oriolus

Oriolidae

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@misc{bearded_reedling_2026,
  title = {Bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bearded-reedling},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}