Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyFringillidae (Fringíl·lids)
- GenusLoxia (Crossbills)
- SpeciesLoxia curvirostra (Red Crossbill)
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 →
30–40% of wildlife watchers report a Red Crossbill sighting in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, based on 929 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
Purple Finch
Haemorhous purpureus
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinus
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
Evening Grosbeak
Hesperiphona vespertina
Pine Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte tephrocotis
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Pacific Wren
Troglodytes pacificus
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Red Crossbill in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve?
About 36% of wildlife watchers report a Red Crossbill sighting in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, based on 929 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Red Crossbill in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve?
July has the highest sighting rate for Red Crossbill in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve in our monthly data.