Species:

Two-barred Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)

Pale Rockfinch (Carpospiza brachydactyla)

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Length (cm):
15-15
13-14
Wingspan (cm):
26-29
27-30
Weight (gram):
25-38
21-25
Size group:
Sparrow-size
Sparrow-size
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Appearance:

Plumage like other crossbills; male red, female and juveniles green. Both sexes and all ages with two broad, white wing-bars, which distinguishes it from congeners. Nonetheless, the species is easily overlooked when in mixed flocks with other crossbills. Build slightly more slender and long-tailed than other crossbills. Often discovered through its contact call.

Sound:

Contact call a "chep chep" similar to crossbill but softer, interspersed with characteristic, toy-trumpet call with redpoll-like timbre, but with a more flat intonation. Song more like redpoll than a crossbill, with rattling and chittering notes.

Calls:

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Distribution:

Wikipedia: map (se also Xeno-canto below)

Ecology:

Birdlife ecology

Links:

Observation.org Latest observations

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Image search Flickr NB! May give other species

Sound search at Xeno-canto

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Sounds: Recorded by Patrick Åberg,http://www.xeno-canto.org/ ,CC license

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Sound:

Distribution:

Xeno-canto: map

Ecology:

Birdlife ecology

Links:

Observation.org Latest observations

Video IBC

Image search Flickr NB! May give other species

Sound search at Xeno-canto

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Sparrow-like
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Several different sounds of the species