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A photo of a Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), male
Red Crossbill, Male

Red Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra

The red crossbill or common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Crossbills have distinctive mandibles, crossed at the tips, which enable them to extract seeds from conifer cones and other fruits. Adults are often brightly coloured, with red or orange males and green or yellow females, but there is wide variation in beak size and shape, and call types, leading to different classifications of variants, some of which have been named as subspecies. The species is known as "red crossbill" in North America and "common crossbill" in Europe.
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Jelle Blndl
Monday 25 Sep 2023 - 8:16am
Slovenia
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John Taylor
Friday 22 Sep 2023 - 7:23am
United Kingdom
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John WATSON
Wednesday 20 Sep 2023 - 4:43pm
Spain
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John WATSON
Tuesday 19 Sep 2023 - 7:45am
Spain
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