Red Crossbill
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Red Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
20–30% · Possible
overall probability at Redwood National Park
502 Verified records at Redwood National Park
September 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 →

20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Red Crossbill sighting in Redwood National Park, based on 502 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Redwood National Park

Purple Finch
LC

Purple Finch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Haemorhous purpureus

10–20% · With luck
American Goldfinch
LC

American Goldfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spinus tristis

10–20% · With luck
House Finch
LC Endemic

House Finch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Haemorhous mexicanus

5–10% · With luck
Pine Siskin
LC

Pine Siskin

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spinus pinus

5–10% · With luck
Lesser Goldfinch
LC

Lesser Goldfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spinus psaltria

<5% · Rare
Evening Grosbeak
VU

Evening Grosbeak

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hesperiphona vespertina

<5% · Rare
Steller's Jay
LC Endemic

Steller's Jay

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cyanocitta stelleri

70–80% · Likely
Common Raven
LC

Common Raven

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Corvus corax

70–80% · Likely
Song Sparrow
LC Endemic

Song Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Melospiza melodia

60–70% · Likely
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
LC

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Poecile rufescens

60–70% · Likely
Pacific Wren
LC

Pacific Wren

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Troglodytes pacificus

60–70% · Likely
American Robin
LC Endemic

American Robin

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turdus migratorius

50–60% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
20–30
Feb
10–20
Mar
20–30
Apr
20–30
May
10–20
Jun
20–30
Jul
20–30
Aug
30–40
Sep
20–30
Oct
20–30
Nov
20–30
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 Redwood National Park?

About 23% of wildlife watchers report a Red Crossbill sighting in Redwood National Park, based on 502 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

September has the highest sighting rate for Red Crossbill in Redwood National Park in our monthly data.

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