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red crossbill, common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
| Subject: | red crossbill, common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
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Upload Date: 2017:03:06 17:15:44
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Author Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874–1927)
Description
English: American Red Crossbill. Upper figures male. Lower figure female
Subject: Crossbills, Red crossbills
Tag: Birds
Date 1903
Source/Photographer
English: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission ([n.d.]) Eighth and Ninth Reports of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York, 1902-1903, Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_41899_American_Red_Crossbill_Upper_figures_male_Lower_figure_female.jpeg
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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