Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 20,386
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The red crossbill or common crossbill 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Red crossbill”.