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Parrot crossbill One of our Winter guests, invasion bird, Heidestein Zeist, the Netherlands. this is a male, the female is pale yellow. Geotagged,Loxia pytyopsittacus,Netherlands,Parrot crossbill,Winter Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Parrot crossbill

One of our Winter guests, invasion bird, Heidestein Zeist, the Netherlands. this is a male, the female is pale yellow.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    A guest most welcome, I imagine. Awesome! Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Paul Dirksen's profile
      Paul Dirksen
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      You've got that right Ferdy, hopefully we see them next winter. Posted 5 years ago
  3. View NattyOne's profile
    NattyOne
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    Good spot, nice shot Paul Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Paul Dirksen's profile
      Paul Dirksen
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      thank you Natty. Posted 5 years ago

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The Parrot crossbill

The parrot crossbill 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''.

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Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Paul Dirksen
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By Paul Dirksen

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Uploaded Mar 18, 2020. Captured Mar 12, 2018 12:22 in Unnamed Road, 3971 Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Netherlands.
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  • Canon EOS 650D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/790s
  • ISO400
  • 400mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.