Red Crossbill
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Red Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Bavarian Forest National Park
218 Verified records at Bavarian Forest National Park
October Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The red crossbill or common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Crossbills have distinctive mandibles, crossed at the tips, which enable them to extract seeds from conifer cones and other fruits. Adults are often brightly coloured, with red or orange males and green or yellow females, but there is wide variation in beak size and shape, and call types, leading to different classifications of variants, some of which have been named as subspecies. The species is known as "red crossbill" in North America and "common crossbill" in Europe. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Crossbill sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park, based on 218 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Bavarian Forest National Park

Chaffinch
LC

Chaffinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fringilla coelebs

60–70% · Likely
Eurasian Goldfinch
LC

Eurasian Goldfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Carduelis carduelis

20–30% · Possible
Eurasian Siskin
LC

Eurasian Siskin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Spinus spinus

20–30% · Possible
European Greenfinch
LC

European Greenfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chloris chloris

20–30% · Possible
Eurasian Bullfinch
LC

Eurasian Bullfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

20–30% · Possible
Hawfinch
LC

Hawfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

10–20% · With luck
Brambling
LC

Brambling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fringilla montifringilla

5–10% · With luck
European Serin
LC

European Serin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Serinus serinus

5–10% · With luck
Linnet
LC

Linnet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Linaria cannabina

5–10% · With luck
Common Redpoll
LC

Common Redpoll

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Acanthis flammea

<5% · Rare
Common Rosefinch
LC

Common Rosefinch

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Carpodacus erythrinus

<5% · Rare
Eurasian Blackbird
LC Endemic

Eurasian Blackbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turdus merula

70–80% · Very likely

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
30–40
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
40–50
Oct
20–30
Nov
5–10
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
2 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
20–30%
3 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
20–30%
4 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
5 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
6 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
7 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
10–20%
8 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
9 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
10–20%
10 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
10–20%
11 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
10–20%
12 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
10–20%
13 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
14 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
15 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
16 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
17 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
10–20%
18 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
10–20%
19 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
20 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
21 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
22 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
23 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
5–10%
24 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
5–10%
25 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
5–10%
26 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
5–10%
27 Gauja National Park 🇱🇻 Latvia
5–10%
28 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
5–10%
29 Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca 🇲🇽 Mexico
5–10%
30 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
5–10%
31 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
32 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
<5%
33 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
34 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
35 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
36 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
37 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
38 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
39 Isle Royale National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
40 Voyageurs National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
41 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
42 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
43 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
44 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
45 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
46 Elk Island National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
47 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
<5%
48 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
49 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
50 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
51 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
52 Wood Buffalo National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
53 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
54 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
55 Thingvellir National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
Insufficient data
56 La Tigra National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
57 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
58 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
59 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
Insufficient data
60 Nikko National Park 🇯🇵 Japan
Insufficient data
61 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
Insufficient data
62 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
63 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
64 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Red Crossbill in Bavarian Forest National Park?

About 17% of wildlife watchers report a Red Crossbill sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park, based on 218 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Red Crossbill in Bavarian Forest National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Red Crossbill in Bavarian Forest National Park in our monthly data.

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