Pine crossbill
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Pine crossbill ( Loxia pytyopsittacus ) |
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The pine crossbill ( Loxia pytyopsittacus ) is a songbird from the finch family (Fringillidae).
description
The pine crossbill is between 16 and 18 centimeters long. He is beefier, has a bull neck and a larger head than the crossbill . The plumage is identical to that of the crossbill .
The most important characteristic of the pine crossbill is its massive beak . The lower bill is almost as thick as the upper bill and has a parrot-like bulge in the middle. The beak is about as high as it is long and the tip of the beak looks blunt. Its beak specializes in pine cones .
Habitat and nutrition
It lives in coniferous forests with a high proportion of pine and eats pine and other conifer seeds . The pine crossbill breeds in Scandinavia and Northeast Europe . The breeding season falls mainly between January and May. They build their nests outside of tall pines. Pine crossbills are less prone to long migrations, as the fruit set in pines does not fluctuate as much as in spruce trees . The pine crossbill is rarer than the crossbill.
voice
It is very vocal and calls like the crossbill, but overall a little deeper and harder. His call sounds like "Tüpp-Tüpp-Tüpp".
literature
- Svensson, Grant, Mullarney, Zetterström: Birds of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East . Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-08401-9
Web links
- Loxia pytyopsittacus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.1. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
- Pine crossbill feathers