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Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,318,824 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 322,538 |
| Ontario | 61,813 |
| California | 43,871 |
| New York | 34,893 |
| Quebec | 33,962 |
| Arizona | 22,883 |
| New Hampshire | 17,049 |
| Massachusetts | 16,963 |
| Michigan | 16,250 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Seed eaterDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly feed on seeds.Inferred from its group
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae |
| Genus | Crossbills · Loxia |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
- Songbirds of Spain
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Red Crossbill with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.