#0820 · 🐦 birds

Parrot Crossbill

🇳🇱 Grote Kruisbek ·Loxia pytyopsittacus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ahvenainen · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jarkko Peltoniemi · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Biopix · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Labanoro regioninis parkas, Švenčionių rajono savivaldybė, Lietuva:© Andrejus Gaidamavičius · CC BY 4.0
6. Brønnøy, Norwegen:© tnaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Лоухский р-н, Респ. Карелия, Россия:© Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. По́ддорский район, Новгородская область, RU:© natalia_pakhomova · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 3360 Liseleje, Denmark:© Y Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ленинградская область, RU:© alexey_nesmelov · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The parrot crossbill ( Loxia pytyopsittacus ) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. Loxia derives from loxos , "crosswise", and pytyopsittacus is from pitus, pituos , "pine", and psittakos , "parrot .

base stats

NL sightings 19iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 620iNaturalist observations
weight 54 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).