Parrot Crossbill
John Aitchison presents the parrot crossbill.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
John Aitchison tells the story of the parrot crossbill. The Parrot Crossbill lives only in a few native pinewoods in Scotland. When they're at the top of pine trees a view of the Parrot Crossbill is tricky, so crossbill experts use the birds' calls to tell them apart from Common and Scottish Crossbills. Parrot crossbills have a deeper call than the others.
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Parrot crossbill (Loxia pytyopstittacus)
Webpage image courtesy of Richard Stonier (http://www.birdsonline.co.uk/content/about).
Image © Richard Stonier 2013
Broadcasts
- Thu 20 Feb 201405:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 2 Apr 201505:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 7 Dec 201605:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 2 Feb 202008:58BBC Radio 4
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