Dear All,
Found this bird in Eaglenest WLS, Arunachal Pradesh, inside the Lama camp. It was raining and suddenly 4 birds appeared from nowhere, 1 female & 3 juveniles.
Red Crossbills or Common Crossbills are geneally found from 2700-4000m. They are resident in Himalayas (from Himachal to Bhutan). The crossbills are characterised by the mandibles crossing at their tips. They are specialist feeders on conifer cones. Their extraordinary bill is-superbly adapted to removing seeds from pine cones.
They have very ineteresting breeding behaviour; for young birds to get plenty of food (riped pine cone seeds), they breed in peak winter!! The feeding behaviour is also interesting; Red Crossbill can appear parrotlike because it uses both its feet and its bill for climbing and feeding. Using this method, Red Crossbill can clamber foot-over-bill through the foliage and reach even the outermost cones. While feeding, the Red Crossbill tends to hold cones steady with its feet while stripping them of seeds. Sometimes, it uses its bill to snip a cone from a stem before moving it to a new perch.
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