Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacus Borkhausen (1793)
Photo: © Jens Halbauer
Appearance
Medium-sized finch red (adult males), yellowish-red (immature males) to greyish-green (females and juveniles) finch with distinctive mandibles curved and crossed at the tip.
Distribution
Northeast Scotland, Fennoscandia, Estonia and Northern Latvia, south to Eastern Lithuania. Scarce breeding bird in extreme Eastern Poland, east to Southwestern Siberia.
Taxonomy
Monotypic, N Europe to EC Russia
Object of Study
Call types, dialects
Known Call Types (Flight Calls)
Type 1
Type 2
Irruptions
Irregular southwards into North Central Europe
FiRN Needs
Sound recordings from the entire Eurasian geographic range would be appreciated.
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