The Scottish Crossbill extracts seeds from conifer cones. It has a large head and thick bill, but can be difficult to distinguish from similar crossbills.
It is a stocky finch with a large head and a crossed bill. It can be difficult to identify visually among other crossbills.
It inserts its crossed bill between cone scales to take out seeds. It remains in northern Scotland year-round, and its subtle call differences are best compared with sound recordings.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.