Thursday, June 11, 2009

Red Crossbill

Red Crossbill (adult male)
Male Red Crossbill by Keith Carlson

The Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It breeds in the spruce forests of North America, where it is known as Red Crossbill, as well as Europe and Asia; some populations (different species?) breed in pine forests in certain areas of all three continents, and in North America, also in Douglas-fir. It nests in conifers, laying 3–5 eggs.

Red Crossbill (female)
Female Red Crossbill by Ralph Hocken

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