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 LC    Parrot Crossbill* Id (Atlas):
    Loxia pytyopsittacus

Description (10)
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Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Borkhausen, 1793

Habitat
Boreal forest.

Range (Guide)
Belarus (B), Belgium (B), Denmark (B) (NB) (P), Estonia (B) (NB), Finland (B) (NB) (P), Germany (B), Latvia (B) (NB), Lithuania (NB), Netherlands Antilles (B), Norway (B), Poland (B), Portugal, Russia (European) (B) (NB), Sweden (B) (NB), United Kingdom (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Austria, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska), France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Romania, Russia (Central Asian), Serbia, Slovenia.

North-eastern Scotland, Fennoscandia, Estonia and northern Latvia south to eastern Lithuania and extreme eastern Poland, east to south-western Siberia (R Irtysh).
 
Population
Estimated population is 780,000 - 3,300,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (498)...)

 
Parrot Crossbill (Loxia pytyopsittacus) [XC153222]
     by Patrik \u00c5berg from Tivedens National Park, V\u00e4sterg\u00f6tland, Sweden (call)

 
Parrot Crossbill (Loxia pytyopsittacus) [XC833750]
     by Lars Edenius from K\u00e5ddis, Ume\u00e5, V\u00e4sterbottens l\u00e4n, Sweden (flight call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a species group with Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) and Scottish Crossbill (Loxia scotica), and all have sometimes been considered conspecific. Has hybridized with Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), and recently found to hybridize with Scottish Crossbill (Loxia 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 is required.


References
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Files:
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