Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
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About the Red Crossbill
Stocky, large-headed finch with unique crossed bill used to pry seeds out of conifer cones. Males are dull red or orange overall with gray or brown highlights. Females are dull olive-yellow. Immatures are streakier than adults. Look for brownish wings with no wingbars. Different populations feed on different types of conifer seeds; jipping calls vary subtly throughout populations. Nomadic; breeds at any time of year, whenever there is enough food available. Often in small flocks. Rarely visits feeders.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 83 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Iran
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Palestinian Territory
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
