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Scottish Crossbill

Loxia scotica

664Records since 2000
FebruaryPeak month
8Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan98
Feb165
Mar113
Apr83
May40
Jun18
Jul28
Aug10
Sep10
Oct10
Nov4
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland341
2Aberdeenshire Scotland199
3Moray Scotland94
4Perth and Kinross Scotland11
5Angus Scotland5
6North Ayrshire Scotland1
7West Dunbartonshire Scotland1
8East Dunbartonshire Scotland1
1 England661 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
664
Peak month
February
Counties with records
8
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Loxia scotica
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
793
Most recorded in
Highland, Aberdeenshire, Moray
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds Directive, Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Fringillidae
Genus
Loxia
Name with authority
Loxia scotica Hartert, 1904
Described
1904
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1143180 · GBIF 2494177