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two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
| Subject: | two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
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Description
PLATE XIL
White-winged Crossbill
Purple Finch
Date 1896
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6353320207
Author Maynard, C. J.
Full title Handbook of the sparrows, finches, etc., of New England. By C. J. Maynard. Illustrated.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Handbook_of_the_sparrows,_finches,_etc.,_of_New_England_(Plate_XII)_(6353320207).jpg
The two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), known as the white-winged crossbill in North America, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It has two subspecies, white-winged crossbill Loxia leucoptera leucoptera in North America, and two-barred crossbill Loxia leucoptera bifasciata in NE Europe and N Asia.
The purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus) is a bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. Their breeding habitat is coniferous and mixed forest in Canada and the northeastern United States, as well as various wooded areas along the U.S. Pacific coast. They nest on a horizontal branch or in a fork of a tree.
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Scientific Name: Loxia leucoptera Gmelin, 1789
Common Names: Two-barred Crossbill, White-winged Crossbill
French: Bec-croisé bifascié German: Bindenkreuzschnabel Spanish: Piquituerto Aliblanco
Taxonomy: Loxia leucoptera J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Hudson Bay, Canada, and New York, USA. |
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