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Red Crossbill - Loxia curvirostra - Kruisbek
Europe, Asia and North-America.
The following 19 subspecies are being recognized:
Loxia curvirostra curvirostra - Coniferous forests of North-Europe to East-Siberia and Mongolia;
Loxia curvirostra corsicana - Coniferous forests of Corsia;
Loxia curvirostra balearica - Balearic Islands;
Loxia curvirostra poliogyna - Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia;
Loxia curvirostra guillemardi - Troödos Mountains (Cyprus);
Loxia curvirostra mariae - Southwest-Crimean Peninsula;
Loxia curvirostra altaiensis - Altai Mountains;
Loxia curvirostra tianschanica - Tien Shan Mountains (Kazakstan);
Loxia curvirostra himalayensis - Himalayas (Kashmir to Nepal, Sikkim, Southwest-China and Southwest-Tibet);
Loxia curvirostra japonica - Extreme Northeast-Asia. Winters to Eastcentral-China and South-Japanese Islands;
Loxia curvirostra meridionalis - Mountains of South-Vietnam;
Loxia curvirostra luzoniensis - North-Philippines (mountains of North-Luzon);
Loxia curvirostra bendirei - South-Yukon and North-British Columbia to West-USA east of Cascades. Winters to Baja;
Loxia curvirostra sitkensis - Coastal South-Alaska to Northwest-California. Winters to Northeast-USA;
Loxia curvirostra benti - Mountains of Southeast-Montana and Northeast-Wyoming to Southwest-USA. Winters to South-Texas;
Loxia curvirostra minor - Southcentral-Canada and Northcentral-USA. Winters to Southeast-USA;
Loxia curvirostra grinnelli - Mountains of Southwest-USA;
Loxia curvirostra stricklandi - Mountains of North-Baja California, South-Arizona and South-New Mexico to Chiapas;
Loxia curvirostra mesamericana - Montane pine forests from Guetemala to North-Nicaragua;
Loxia curvirostra pusilla - Newfoundland. Winters to Northeast-USA.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra curvirostra |
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra curvirostra |
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra curvirostra |
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra curvirostra |