Pine Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator (Linnaeus, 1758)
PINGR 
16990
Family: Passeriformes > Fringillidae
This large finch breeds at boreal latitudes across both Eurasia and North America, but it remains a very rare visitor to Britain, with only a handful of records. Records have come from both the spring and autumn migration periods.
Most populations are resident, but some are partially migrant and others may be irruptive, with large movements undertaken when food supplies fail on the breeding areas.
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BTO RECORDS
BTO RECORDS
Identification
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Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.
CONSERVATION STATUS
This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.
| Species of European Conservation Concern | Least Concern |
| IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (global) |
Least Concern 
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| Schedule 1 license required (to disturb) | No |
| Birds Directive Annex 1 | No |
POPULATION SIZE
We have no population estimates for this scarce species.
| BOU Category | A |
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First Record
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Durham, pre-1831 |
DISTRIBUTION
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution.
Movement
Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.
RINGING RECOVERIES
View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.
Biology
Lifecycle and body size information about Pine Grosbeak, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.
PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING
Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.
BIOMETRICS
Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.
Feather measurements and photos on featherbase
CODES & CLASSIFICATION
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Field Codes
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5-letter code: PINGR | Euring: 16990 |
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Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com
- Testing agri-environment delivery for farmland birds at the farm scale: the Hillesden experiment
- Evaluating the English Higher Level Stewardship scheme for farmland birds
- Forestry thinning in commercial conifer plantations has little effect on bird species richness and breeding abundance
Read more studies about Pine Grosbeak on Conservation Evidence >
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