Parrot Crossbill
Loxia pytyopsittacusBorkhausen, MB, 1793
English (US) Parrot Crossbill
The Parrot Crossbill (Loxia pytyopsittacus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: coniferous forest of northeastern Europe to western SiberiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Loxia pytyopsittacus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Parrot Crossbill
- Described by
- Borkhausen, MB, 1793
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Borkhausen, MB, 1793
- Type locality
- no type locality [reference not verified] ; Sweden designated by Hartert, 1904, Vogel pal. Fauna, p. 122.
- Original description
- Rheinisches Magazin zur Erweiterung der Naturkunde 1 p.139
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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