Crossbill
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CROSSBILL (Fr. Bec-croise, Ger. Kreuzschnabel), the name given to a genus of birds, belonging to the family Fringillidae, or finches, ...
Crossbill
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bird of the genus Loxia, in the finch family. Its bill, crossed at the tips, is specialized for pulling apart pine cones and picking out the seeds.
Crossbills
All Crossbills have sharply curved mandibles, which cross when
their bills are closed.
Crossbills like conifers and feed on conifer seeds, which they obtain
by prying apart the scales of cones.
Crossbill
Reports of often considerable numbers of immigrant crossbills continue to make the birding headlines. Among the most impressive assemblies locally was a flock of over 200 at Sandringham and 130 in the Brecks at Lynford in 1990.
Crossbill
Common Crossbill
Male
Brick-red with darker wings and tail.
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus
Status Irregular, uncommon resident. Breeds.
Red crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Identification Tips:
Length: 5.5 inches
Large bill with crossed tips
Short, forked tail
Distinctive call note often given in flight
Most often found in pine trees
Often found in flocks ...
Common Crossbill
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The Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is typically a bird of pine, spruce or fir forests in the Rocky Mountains and Canada.
Crossbills are unusual in that they may nest almost any time of the year. A nest of twigs, rootlets, grass, weed stems, bark, moss and lichens is situated on a tree branch into which two to five very pale bluish eggs with dark markings are laid.
The Crossbill lives in flocks, composed apparently of several families, and is an extremely gentle and social bird. They are easily approached, caught in traps, or even killed with a stick.
Red crossbill
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Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
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The Red Crossbill is primarily a denizen of conifer forests due to its strong preference for conifer seeds. However, flocks can be highly nomadic, especially in winter. While normally frequenting the northern U.S., higher elevations of the western U.
White-winged Crossbill
(Loxia leucoptera)
Status: Vagrant.
Last recorded on site in 2009
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Crossbill, Red Loxia curvirostra Found: North America, Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1) Jeff Horler 2) Alan D Wilson Deschutes National Forest, Near Fort Rock, Oregon
3, 4, 5) Alan at Cabin Lake Viewing Blinds, Deschutes National Forest, ...
Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra)
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Red Crossbill
Winter Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
American Crow
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra. Local breeder. Rare and erratic in all seasons in primarily Mountain region. Found in coniferous woodlands. Low Conservation Concern.
Common Crossbill
Red Crossbill (alternative) . Loxia curvirostra (scientific)
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White-winged Crossbill
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Loxia leucoptera - White-winged Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra - Common Crossbill (photo)
Loxia pytyopsittacus - Parrot Crossbill
Carpodacus
Carpodacus erythrinus - Common Rosefinch (photo)
Pinicola ...
This was when I encountered a flock of Scottish Crossbills a bird with a very large and obviously crossed bill. My experience with Red and White-winged Crossbills in North America is that the crossed bill is usually a little hard to see.
Genus Loxia - Crossbills
Genus Mycerobas - Grosbeaks
Genus Neospiza - Sao Tomé Grosbeak
Genus Linurgus - Oriole Finch
Genus Rhynchostruthus - Golden-winged Grosbeak
Genus Leucosticte - Mountain finches
Genus Callacanthis - Red-browed Finch ...
Among New Zealand's many bird curiosities, the wry-billed plover is often not included, but it certainly ought to be, for it is the only bird in the world which has its bill bent sideways. The crossbills of the Northern Hemisphere might claim that ...
Grey wolf (Canis lupus)
Wild boar (Sus scrofa)
White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Mountain hare (Lepus timidus)
Tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) ...
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) ...
birds tend to move down from top of tree in compact group, then move in circular flight to another tree and repeat. Winter flocks usu 50-200, occ to 1,000. Nomadic in fall and winter; feeds in mixed flocks, esp with goldfinches, juncos, crossbills.
 See also: Finch, Sparrow, Purple, Siskin, Grosbeak
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