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red crossbill, common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Subject: red crossbill, common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
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red crossbill, common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)


Date 1821.
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/18775355969
Author George Graves
Full title British ornithology : being the history, with a coloured representation, of every known species of British birds /
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_ornithology_(18775355969).jpg

The red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae, also known as the common crossbill in Eurasia. Crossbills have distinctive mandibles, crossed at the tips, which enable them to extract seeds from conifer cones and other fruits.

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