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grote kruisbek in een dennenboom

Parrot Crossbill

Parrot Crossbill

70
3 days ago
Spotted
A large, powerfully built crossbill with a particularly stout bill adapted for extracting seeds from tough pine cones. Males are brick-red, and females are greenish-yellow.
Where to spot
Primarily found in the coniferous forests of northern Europe and western Russia, especially where Scots Pine is abundant.
How to spot
Look for them high in coniferous trees, especially pines. Listen for their distinctive loud 'chupp-chupp' or 'tyuk-tyuk' calls, which are deeper and more resonant than other crossbills.
When to spot
Year-round resident; observation success often depends on local cone crop availability, as they can be irruptive in years of scarcity.
grote kruisbek in een dennenboom
grote kruisbek in een dennenboom
Credits: Door Gerrit van Dorp - Eigen werk, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=126994539
Its robust bill is specifically shaped for efficiently opening the cones of Scots Pine and other hard-coned pines, a key food source, allowing it to exploit a niche unavailable to most other finches.
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Simeon
Simeon
2 years ago
Parrot Crossbill
Elspeet, Gelderland
Spotted Parrot Crossbill
Spotted Parrot Crossbill
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