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[[Image:Red_Crossbill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by forcreeks.<br />Photo taken: Cabin Lake, Oregon, USA.]] | [[Image:Red_Crossbill.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by forcreeks.<br />Photo taken: Cabin Lake, Oregon, USA.]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | *Medium-sized finch | |
| + | *Red-orange body | ||
| + | *Brighter red on rump | ||
| + | *Dark brown wings | ||
| + | *Dark bill with crossed tip | ||
| + | *Notched tail | ||
| + | ====Female==== | ||
| + | *Yellow-orange crown and rump | ||
| + | *Olive-green body | ||
| + | *Grey-brown wings and tail | ||
| + | ====Juvenile==== | ||
| + | Streaked brown overall | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Southern [[Alaska]], [[Manitoba]], [[Quebec]], and [[Newfoundland]], south in the west to northern [[Nicaragua]], and in eastern [[U.S.]] to Wisconsin and North Carolina (in mountains). This bird spends winters irregularly south to the Gulf coast and in Eurasia. | Southern [[Alaska]], [[Manitoba]], [[Quebec]], and [[Newfoundland]], south in the west to northern [[Nicaragua]], and in eastern [[U.S.]] to Wisconsin and North Carolina (in mountains). This bird spends winters irregularly south to the Gulf coast and in Eurasia. | ||
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Coniferous forests | Coniferous forests | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
They eat insects and the buds and seeds of many shrubs and trees. | They eat insects and the buds and seeds of many shrubs and trees. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Voice== |
<flashmp3>Loxia curvirostra (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Loxia curvirostra (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
Revision as of 20:15, 25 January 2008
- Loxia curvirostra
Identification
- Medium-sized finch
- Red-orange body
- Brighter red on rump
- Dark brown wings
- Dark bill with crossed tip
- Notched tail
Female
- Yellow-orange crown and rump
- Olive-green body
- Grey-brown wings and tail
Juvenile
Streaked brown overall
Distribution
Southern Alaska, Manitoba, Quebec, and Newfoundland, south in the west to northern Nicaragua, and in eastern U.S. to Wisconsin and North Carolina (in mountains). This bird spends winters irregularly south to the Gulf coast and in Eurasia.
Taxonomy
Balearic Crossbill L.c. balearica is a subspecies of Red Crossbill
Habitat
Coniferous forests
Behaviour
Diet
They eat insects and the buds and seeds of many shrubs and trees.
Voice
<flashmp3>Loxia curvirostra (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
