Birds of Mexico

    PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias)  
Genus: Loxia (1 species, 6 worldwide)


Red Crossbill
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) Male
Devil's Fork SP, South Carolina, United States
  Extracts seeds from pine cones with curved bill. Female is olive yellow.
   
Photograph by Don Faulkner     Copyright and usage info

Crossbills have bills where the upper and lower mandible cross each other. Their bills are used to extract seeds from pine cones.


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