two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) Author English: L. M. Turner
Description Loxia Leucoptera (Gmel.) First Plumage
Subject: Crossbills
Tag: Birds
Date 1886
Source/Photographer
English: Turner, L. M. (1886) Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska., Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_46829_Loxia_Leucoptera_(Gmel).jpeg
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.
