Finches, Euphonias

Red Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra

The Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is a 38 g forest bird that eats mostly seeds. Some populations migrate.

Family

Finches, Euphonias

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

38 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

60

Recorded in United States, Sweden, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, Estonia, Austria, Mexico, Poland, Czechia, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Turkey, China, Honduras, Iceland, Morocco, Åland, Japan, Slovakia, Bhutan, Ireland, Lithuania, Slovenia, India, Vietnam, Andorra, Cyprus, Greece, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania, Guatemala, Philippines, Latvia, Republic of Korea, Algeria, Hungary, Mongolia, Belarus, Belize, Isle of Man, Nicaragua, Tunisia, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Croatia, Luxembourg, Montenegro.

Where to see it: Malbun Dorf (Town of Malbun) (Liechtenstein); La Vall De Rialb (Andorra); Moran Hill (Dem. Rep. Korea); Arcalis (Andorra); Sapieginės miškas (Sapieginė forest) (Lithuania).

Photo: (c) Thibaud, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist