Red Crossbill

Audio:

Piotr Szczypinski ( www.xeno-canto.org )

The Red Crossbill is a real specialist. With its unusually shaped beak (bottom and top cross) it can crack fir and pine cones and pick out the seeds. It goes without saying that you will especially see the Red Crossbill in coniferous forests.

Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loxia_curvirostra

Map:

http://eol.org/pages/1051010/maps

Scientific name:

Loxia curvirostra

Presence in western Europe:

Common

More information

Size:

Sparrow

Birdtype:

songbirds

Main colour:

Red

Beak colour:

Grey

Beak shape:

Graineater

Crown colour:

Red

Breast colour:

Red

Belly colour:

Red

Throat colour:

Red

Rump colour:

Red

Upperwing colour:

Dark brown

Underwing colour:

Grey

Wing shape:

Rounded

Leg colour:

Grey

Leg shape:

Songbird

Tail colour:

Dark grey

Tail shape:

Forked