Finches (Fringillidae)
Parrot Crossbill (Loxia pytyopsittacus) - HBW 15, p. 603
French: Bec-croisé perroquet
German: Kiefernkreuzschnabel
Spanish: Piquituerto Lorito
Taxonomy: Loxia pytyopsittacus Borkhausen, 1793, Sweden.
Forms a species group with L. curvirostra and L. scotica, and all have sometimes been considered conspecific. Has hybridized with former, and recently found to hybridize with L. scotica. Recent genetic studies indicate limited differences between the three in Europe, indicating that they are not in total reproductive isolation, but extent of hybridization very slight, and differences in bill size and in flight and excitement calls considered sufficient to restrict widespread interbreeding; further research required. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Scotland, Fennoscandia, Estonia and N Latvia S to E Lithuania and extreme E Poland, E to SW Siberia (R Irtysh).
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An adult opening a pine cone, while juvenile begging for food. Locality Femundsmarka National Park, Norway
Eric Roualet 2 August 2007 4 years ago 10 sec 3.7 -
An adult foraging on pine cones, two juveniles close to the adult Locality Femundsmarka National Park, Norway
Eric Roualet 2 August 2007 4 years ago 14 sec 3.6 -
In the first shot a bird is distracting seeds from a pine cone, in the second and third shots at least the bird on the right is Locality North Holland Province, Netherlands
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 January 2007 3 years ago 39 sec 2.3 -
An adult opening a pine cone, while juvenile begging for food. Locality Femundsmarka National Park, Norway
Eric Roualet 2 August 2007 4 years ago 10 sec 0
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Male looking for seeds inside pine appels
Locality Noordwijk, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Marc FASOL 25 December 2007 24 weeks ago 3.7 -
Adult eating in pine
Locality Rotterdam, South Holland Province, Netherlands
Marc FASOL 26 December 2007 22 weeks ago 3.2 -
male
Locality Oslo & Akershus, Norway
Masami Bart 5 May 2010 1 year ago 2.7 -
female drinking at puddle - slide scan
Locality Boswachterij Ommen, Overijssel Province, Netherlands
Peter Waanders 27 July 1990 3 years ago 2.7
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A small flock in flight Locality Duthil and Rothiemurchus, Scotland, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 5 August 2002 3 years ago 3
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