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What the Scottish Crossbill sounds like
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Voice: The calls can be distinguished by sonograms. This provides the basis for a method to survey crossbills and, for the first time, gain a clear picture of their numbers and distribution in Scotland and help in any conservation programmes for the race.
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When to see the Scottish Crossbill
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Scottish Crossbill
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in France.
About the Scottish Crossbill
The Scottish crossbill is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is endemic to the Caledonian Forests of Scotland, is one of only two land vertebrate species endemic to the United Kingdom.
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Easily confused with
Hispaniolan CrossbillLoxia megaplagaThe Hispaniolan crossbill is about 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs about 28 g (0.99 oz).
Cassia CrossbillLoxia sinesciurisThe Cassia crossbill shares many physical features with the red crossbill and all of its different call types.
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusAdult males tend to be red or orange in colour, and females green or yellow, but there is much variation.
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