red crossbill, common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

Query: Fringillidae

Result: 256^th of 316

Subject:	red crossbill, common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
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Loxiacurvirostra from NAUMANN.

Source: http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/birds/2181_82.htm

Naumann, Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas. 3. Aufl. Neubearb. von G. Berg et al. Hrsg. von Carl R. Hennicke. (Naumann, Natural history of the birds of central Europe, 3rd Ed. Revised by G. Berg et al.; Edited by Carl R. Hennicke.) of 1905 or his earlier works.

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loxia_curvirostra_NAUMANN.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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