panurus

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A genus of titmice, formerly placed in Paridæ, now made type of family panurid… The genus was founded by Koch in 1816, the same year that Leach named it Calamophilus. P. or C. biarmicus is the bearded tit of Europe. The generic name refers to the great length of the tail, as if the birds were “all tail.” Also called Mystacinus and Hyperittes.