The Cassia crossbill is a passerine bird in the family Fringillidae. It is endemic to the South Hills and Albion Mountains in southern Idaho. Cassia crossbill rarely interbreeds with other call types that move into the South Hills of Idaho yearly, and can be considered to represent a distinct species via ecological speciation. The Cassia crossbill have specialized beaks to access the seeds of the lodgepole pine cones in this region, but are poorly adapted to other pine cones in surrounding regions. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Benkman, CW 2009
Reference:
Condor
111 169-176
Protonym:
Loxia sinesciuris
Link:
https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/111/1/169/5152452
Avibase ID:
5627C990B5A11AAC
Avibase ID:
avibase-5627C990
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/5627C990
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 998320
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): South Hills Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): South Hills Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): South Hills Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): South Hills Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): South Hills Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Loxia curvirostra sinescuria [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Loxia curvirostra sinesciurius [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Red Crossbill (South Hills) ( Loxia curvirostra sinesciurius) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Red Crossbill (South Hills or Type 9) ( Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Red Crossbill (South Hills) ( Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Red Crossbill (South Hills or type 9) ( Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Red Crossbill (South Hills or type 9) ( Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Red Crossbill (South Hills or type 9) ( Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Red Crossbill (South Hills or type 9) ( Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Cassia Crossbill ( Loxia sinesciuris) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Loxia curvirostra sinesciuris [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Loxia [curvirostra or sinesciuris]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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