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Parrot Crossbill

Loxia pytyopsittacus

525Records since 2000
DecemberPeak month
15Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan95
Feb46
Mar39
Apr38
May27
Jun15
Jul7
Aug8
Sep6
Oct57
Nov58
Dec107

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland156
2Norfolk England130
3Nottinghamshire England45
4Suffolk England29
5Shetland Islands —25
6Kent England22
7Surrey England17
8Southend-on-Sea England14
9Aberdeenshire Scotland13
10Sheffield England5
11Lincolnshire England4
12Moray Scotland2
13East Riding of Yorkshire England1
14Worcestershire England1
15Orkney Islands Scotland1
328 England197 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
525
Peak month
December
Counties with records
15
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Loxia pytyopsittacus
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
59
Most recorded in
Highland, Norfolk
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Fringillidae
Genus
Loxia
Name with authority
Loxia pytyopsittacus von Borkhausen, 1793
Described
1793
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q645055 · GBIF 2494154