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Photo by forcreeks.
Photo taken: Cabin Lake, Oregon, USA.

Loxia curvirostra

[edit] Identification

• Medium-sized finch
• Red-orange body
• Brighter red on rump
• Dark brown wings
• Dark bill with crossed tip
• Notched tail

[edit] Female

• Yellow-orange crown and rump
• Olive-green body
• Grey-brown wings and tail

[edit] Juvenile

Streaked brown overall

[edit] Distribution

Southern Alaska, Manitoba, Quebec, and Newfoundland, south in the west to northern Nicaragua, and in eastern United States to Wisconsin and North Carolina (in mountains). This bird winters irregularly south to the Gulf coast.

Also found in Eurasia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Balearic Crossbill L.c. balearica is a subspecies of Red Crossbill.

[edit] Habitat

Coniferous forests

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

They eat insects and the buds and seeds of many shrubs and trees.

[edit] Vocalisation

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