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Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus [Borkhausen, 1793]
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Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Carduelidae
BTO Codes:
PC , PARCR
EURING No:
16680
Number in Britain:
10 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
AMBER
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Breeder, Accidental
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
18 cm
Wingspan:
32 cm
Weight:
M/F: 55 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: loxos =crosswise
and Gr.: pituos =pine tree + psittacus =parrot
World Distribution:
n Europe, nw Asia
Habitat:
Coniferous forest
Diet:
Conifer seeds, esp pine (particularly Scots Pine), also spruce
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Passage:
. individuals
Summer:
30 pairs
in 2002
First Record:
1818
First Breeding Record:
Norfolk 1984
Latest Survey:
Summers, R.W. ((2002)) British Birds 95:4-11
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
260 thousand to 1.1 million pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I,IV), Bern(III)
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
23 x 17 mm
Egg Weight:
3.3 g (of which 5 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
0
Clutch Size:
3 - 4 eggs
3.86 ± 0.69 (2 - 5) N = 7
Incubation:
14 - 16 days
by the:
Female
Fledging:
21 - 23 days
as:
Altricial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
Number of Broods:
1(2)
Number Ringed:
2
Adult Survival:
No data
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
1
year
Typical Lifespan:
No data
Maximum Recorded Age:
0yr3m
Biometrics
Ring Size:
B+*
Wing Length
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Stor korsnæb
Dutch:
Grote kruisbek
Finnish:
Isokäpylintu
French:
Beccroisé perroquet
German:
Kiefernkreuzschnabel
Hungarian:
Nagy keresztcsoru
Icelandic:
Pánefur
Irish:
Italian:
Crociere delle pinete
Norwegian:
Furukorsnebb
Polish:
Krzyzodziób sosnowy
Portuguese:
Cruza-bico-papagaio
Spanish:
Piquituerto lorito
Swedish:
Större korsnäbb
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Nethersole-Thompson, D. 1975 The pine crossbills Poyser, Berkhamsted
[598.982 NET]
Newton, I. 1972 The finches Collins, London
[598.982 NEW]
Summers, R.W. 2002 Parrot Crossbills breeding in Abernethy Forest British Birds 95:4-11
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