two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) Description
TWO-BARRED CROSS-BILL,
Date 1895
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/9094229970
Author J. G. Keulemans; Richard Bowdler Sharpe
Full title A chapter on birds : rare British birds /
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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.
