Belongs within: Sylviida.
The Remizidae, penduline tits, are small, fine-billed songbirds with short wings and tails, many of which construct elaborate bag-like nests.
<==Remizidae [Remizinae]
|--Auriparus Baird 1864 [Auriparidae]B94
| `--A. flavicepsJT12
`--AnthoscopusJT12
| i. s.: A. caroliJT12
| A. flavifronsJT12
| A. parvulusJT12
| A. punctifronsJT12
|--A. musculusJT12
`--+--A. minutusJT12
| |--A. m. minutusB93
| `--A. m. gigi Winterbottom 1959B93
`--Remiz Jarocki 1819JT12, B94
|--R. consobrinusJT12 [=R. pendulinus consobrinusVP89]
|--R. coronatusJT12
|--R. macronyxJT12
`--R. pendulinus (L. 1758) [=Remiza pendulina]K00
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.
[B93] Brooke, R. K. 1993. Annotated catalogue of the Aves type specimens in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 102 (10): 327–349.
[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.
[K00] Krištofik, J. 2000. Synonymical notes to the Menacanthus species (Phthiraptera, Menoponidae) living on Passeriformes (Aves). Acta Parasitologica 45: 57–58.
[VP89] Viney, C., & K. Phillipps. 1989. Birds of Hong Kong 5th ed. Government Printer: Hong Kong.