white-winged crossbill (Loxia leucoptera leucoptera) Description
English: Female White-winged Crossbill taken in Jerusalem, Rhode Island
Date 1/4/09
Author Michelle L. St.Sauveur
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White-winged_Crossbill_(female)_1a.jpg
The two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), known as the white-winged crossbill in North America, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It has two subspecies, white-winged crossbill Loxia leucoptera leucoptera in North America, and two-barred crossbill Loxia leucoptera bifasciata in NE Europe and N Asia. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. Loxia is from loxos, "crosswise", and leucoptera means "white-winged" from leukos, "white" and pteron, "wing".
