Loxia curvirostra (Red Crossbill)

Red Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus, 1758

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. Source: Wikipedia

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Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Fringillidae
Genus:
  Loxia

Scientific:
Loxia curvirostra

Citation:
Linnaeus, 1758

Reference:
Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.171

Protonym:
Loxia curvirostra

Avibase ID:
135564AAF6B01DA2

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/135564AA

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179259

Geographic range:

Loxia curvirostra curvirostra: Coniferous forests of n Europe to e Siberia and n Mongolia
Loxia curvirostra poliogyna: Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia
Loxia curvirostra corsicana: Coniferous forests of Corsica
Loxia curvirostra balearica: Balearic Islands
Loxia curvirostra guillemardi: Troödos Mountains (Cyprus)
Loxia curvirostra mariae: SW Crimean Peninsula
Loxia curvirostra pusilla (pusilla): widespread in the United States and highly irruptive, occurring north to southern Canada and south to extreme northern Mexico
Loxia curvirostra pusilla (percna): resident on Newfoundland
Loxia curvirostra altaiensis: Altai Mountains
Loxia curvirostra himalayensis: Himalayas (Kashmir to Nepal, Sikkim, sw China and sw Tibet)
Loxia curvirostra japonica: Extreme ne Asia; winters to e-cent. China and s Japanese islands
Loxia curvirostra tianschanica: Tien Shan Mountains (Kazakhstan)
Loxia curvirostra meridionalis: Mountains of s Vietnam (Da Lat Plateau)
Loxia curvirostra luzoniensis: N Philippines (mountains of n Luzon)
Loxia curvirostra bendirei: S Yukon and n Br. Col. to w US e of Cascades; winters to Baja
Loxia curvirostra [benti, vividior, reai]: Mts. of se Montana and ne Wyoming to sw US; winters to s Texas
Loxia curvirostra minor: S-central Canada and n-central US; winters to se US
Loxia curvirostra sitkensis: Coastal s Alaska to nw California; winters to ne US
Loxia curvirostra grinnelli: Mountains of sw US
Loxia curvirostra stricklandi: southeastern Arizona and southern New Mexico south through western Mexico (Sierra Nevada Occidental) to Chiapas
Loxia curvirostra mesamericana: Montane pine forests from Guatemala to n Nicaragua
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Red Crossbill
Czech:
křivka obecná
German:
Fichtenkreuzschnabel
Danish:
Lille Korsnæb
Spanish:
Piquitureto Común
Finnish:
pikkukäpylintu
French:
Bec-croisé des sapins
Icelandic:
Krossnefur
Italian:
Crociere comune
Japanese:
isuka
Japanese:
イスカ
Dutch:
Kruisbek
Norwegian:
Grankorsnebb
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Grankrossnebb
Polish:
krzyżodziób świerkowy
Portuguese:
Cruza-bico-comum
Russian:
Клёст-еловик
Slovak:
krivonos smrekový
Swedish:
Mindre korsnäbb
Ukrainian:
Шишкар ялиновий
Chinese:
红交嘴雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Loxia [curvirostra or sinesciuris] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements: 1 2 3 4

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)

Other related concepts

Loxia curvirostra x Crithagra mozambica (hybrid)
Loxia curvirostra x Crithagra flaviventris (hybrid)
Loxia curvirostra x Crithagra striolata (hybrid)
Bucanetes githagineus x Loxia curvirostra (hybrid)
Haemorhous mexicanus x Loxia curvirostra (hybrid)
Loxia [curvirostra x pytyopsittacus] (hybrid)
Loxia [curvirostra x leucoptera] (hybrid)
Loxia curvirostra [type 1] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type 2] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type 2 or 4] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type 3] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type 3 or 4] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type 4] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type 5] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type 6] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type 7] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type 8] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type 10] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type A] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type B] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type C] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type D] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type E] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type F] (phenotype)
Loxia curvirostra [type X] (phenotype)
Fringilla montifringilla x Loxia curvirostra (hybrid)
Serinus canaria [var. domesticus] x Loxia curvirostra (hybrid)
Chloris chloris x Loxia curvirostra (hybrid)
Spinus pinus x Loxia curvirostra (hybrid)
Carduelis carduelis x Loxia curvirostra (hybrid)
Acanthis flammea x Loxia curvirostra (hybrid)
Linaria cannabina x Loxia curvirostra (hybrid)
Erythrina erythrina x Loxia curvirostra (hybrid)
Loxia curvirostra x Pyrrhula pyrrhula (hybrid)

Other synonyms

Arabic: نوع من الطيور
Asturian: Piñoneru, Tixera
Azerbaijani: Küknar çataldimdiyi
Belarusian: Крыжадзюб, Крыжадзюб-яловік
Bulgarian: Обикновена кръсточовка
Breton: Ar beg-kroaz, Beg-kroaz
Catalan: Trencapinyes, Trencapinyes comú, Trencapinyons
Catalan (Balears): Trencapinyons
Montenegrin: krstokljun
Czech: køivka obecná, Krivka obecná, Křivka obecná
Welsh: Croesbig, Gylfin groes
Danish: Lille korsnæb
German: Fichtenkreuzschnabel
Greek: (Κοινός) Σταυρομύτης, Σταυρομούττης, Σταυρομύτης
Greek (Cypriot): Σταυρομούττης
English: American Crossbill, Bendire's Crossbill, Bent's Crossbill, Common Crossbill, Crossbill, Fir Crossbill, Grinnell's Crossbill, Mexican Crossbill, Newfoundland Crossbill, Red Crossbill, Sitka Crossbill
English (United Kingdom): Common Crossbill
English (IOC): Red Crossbill
Esperanto: malgranda krucbekulo
Spanish: Picotuerto Rojo, Piquituerto, Piquituerto Común, Piquituerto franjeado, piquituerto rojo, Piquitureto Común
Spanish (Spain): Piquituerto Común
Spanish (HBW): Piquituerto común
Spanish (Honduras): piquituerto rojo
Spanish (Mexico): Picotuerto Rojo
Spanish (Nicaragua): Piquituerto Común
Estonian: Kuuse-käbilind
Basque: Mokokerra, Trencapinyes
Persian: سهره نوک‌قیچی
Finnish: Pikkukäpylintu
Faroese: Krossnev
French: Bec-croisé commun, Beccroisé des sapins, Bec-croisé des sapins, Bec-croise rouge, Bec-croisé rouge
Irish: Crosghob
Gaelic: Cam-Ghob
Galician: Cruzabico, Trencapinyes
Manx: Gob cam
Hebrew: צלוב מקור, צלוב מקור מצוי, צלוב־מקור, צלוב-מקור
Croatian: Krstokljun, Krstokljun omorikaš
Hungarian: Keresztcsoru, Keresztcsõrû, Keresztcsőrű
Armenian: [Yeghevnu Khachktuts ], Եղեվնու Խաչկտուց, Եղևնու Խաչկտուց
Icelandic: Krossnefur
Italian: Crociere, Crociere comune
Japanese: isuka
Japanese: イスカ
Japanese (Kanji): 交喙, 鶍
Georgian: ნასკარტმარწუხა, ნისკარტმარწუხა
Khakas: Алысхан
Kazakh: Шыршашыл қайшауыз
Kazakh (Transliteration): şırşaşıl qayşawız
Korean: 솔잣새
Korean (Transliteration): sol-jas-sae
Cornish: Gelvyn cam
Scientific: Loxia curvirostra, Loxia curvirostra curvirostra, Loxia curvirostra poliogyna
Luxembourgish: Kräizschniewel
Lithuanian: Eglinis kryžiasnapis
Latvian: Egļu krustknābis, Egļu putns
Macedonian: Крстоклун
Mongolian: Гацуурын загалмай бялзуухай, Гацуурын солбинхушуут
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠣᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠯᠮᠠᠢ ᠪᠣᠵᠢᠷᠭ᠎ᠠ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Улаан загалмай божрог
Mongolian (Transliteration): khürdeg zagalmai byalzuukhai, tol't solbiŋ-khushuut, ulaan zagalmai bojrog
Moldavian: Forfecuță
Maltese: Kruċjat
Dutch: Kruisbek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grankrossnebb
Norwegian: Grankorsnebb
Polish: krzyzodziób swierkowy, Krzyżodziób świerkowy
Pinyin: bái-fù-hé, dōng-fāng jiāo-zuǐ, hóng jiāo-zuǐ, hóng jiāo-zuǐ-què, jiāo-huì-niǎo, jiāo-zuǐ, jiāo-zuǐ-niǎo, jiāo-zuǐ-què, qīng jiāo-zuǐ, wāi-zuǐ què
Portuguese: cruza bico, Cruza-bico, Cruza-bico-comum
Portuguese (Portugal): Cruza-bico
Romansh: Cruscharel
Romanian: Forfecuță
Russian: Klyost-yelovik, Клест обыкновенный, Клест-еловик, Клёст-еловик, обыкновенный, Обыкновенный клест, Обыкновенный клёст, Обыкновенный Клест - Клест Еловик
Scots: Cam ghob
Slovak: Krivonos obyčajný, krivonos smrekový
Slovenian: krivokljun, mali krivokljun
Albanian: Sqepkryqi
Serbian: krstokljun, Крстоклјун, Крстокљун
Swedish: Mindre korsnäbb
Turkish: Bayağı çaprazgaga, Çaprazgaga, Yeni Dünya
Tuvinian: Белдир хаай, Моча-хаай
Ukrainian: Шишкар ялиновий , Ялиновий шишкар
Vietnamese: Chim Mỏ chéo, Mỏ chéo
Chinese: [hong jiao-zui-que], [jiao-hui-niao], [jiao-zui], [jiao-zui-niao], [wai-zui que], 东方交嘴, 交喙鸟, 交嘴, 交嘴雀, 交嘴鸟, 歪嘴雀, 白腹鶡, 红交嘴, 红交嘴雀, 青交嘴
Chinese (Traditional): 交喙鳥, 交嘴, 交嘴雀, 交嘴鳥, 東方交嘴, 歪嘴雀, 白腹鶡, 紅交嘴, 紅交嘴雀, 青交嘴