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White-winged Crossbill

Loxia leucoptera

The White-winged Crossbill is a colorful bird known for its special beak that helps it crack open pine cones to eat seeds. They are often found in snowy forests and are great at flying through trees!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The White-winged Crossbill is a medium-sized finch. Males are rosy-red with distinctive dark wings and two prominent white wing bars. Females have yellowish-olive plumage with similar contrasting white wing markings.

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White-winged Crossbill
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White-winged Crossbill

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Their young are born with straight beaks, which cross as they grow up!

These birds can travel thousands of kilometers just to find yummy conifer cones.

They often breed in the depths of winter, even when it's super cold.

White-winged Crossbills can extract seeds from closed cones faster than squirrels!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Cone Unzipper

White-winged Crossbill can pry open tough conifer cones because of its unique crossed bill that helps them extract hidden seeds.

Fähigkeit

Winter Breeder

White-winged Crossbill can nest and raise chicks in winter when food is abundant because of their specialized diet of conifer seeds.

Fähigkeit

Acrobatic Feeder

White-winged Crossbill can hang upside down like a parrot because of strong feet that help them access hard-to-reach seeds.

Maße und Details

Länge
14-17 cm
Flügelspannweite
26-29 cm
Gewicht
0.025-0.04 kg
Lebenserwartung
3-7 Jahre
Top Speed
55 km/h
Gelegegröße
3-5
Brutzeit
12-14 Tage
Zugstrecke
2500 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These birds mostly eat seeds from conifer cones, using their special bills to get them out.

Hauptnahrung

  • Spruce seeds
  • Larch seeds
  • Pine seeds
  • Fir seeds
  • Birch seeds

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

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Gefahr

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Enjoy watching birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von White-winged Crossbill?

14-17 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von White-winged Crossbill?

26-29 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von White-winged Crossbill?

0.025-0.04 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von White-winged Crossbill?

3-7 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von White-winged Crossbill?

55 km/h

Was frisst White-winged Crossbill?

These birds mostly eat seeds from conifer cones, using their special bills to get them out.

Wo findet man White-winged Crossbill normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt White-winged Crossbill?

Foraging

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