Species profile
White-winged Crossbill / Two-barred Crossbill
Loxia leucoptera
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL, NA. Breeding subregions are subarctic to n temperate Holarctic conifer forest: e Scandinavia through Russia to Sea of Okhotsk, s through sc Russia, ne Mongolia and probably Heilongjiang (far ne China); Alaska and Canada (except n), Rocky Mts. and n tier of contiguous US states. Non breeding regions are irruptively southward.
- Scientific name
- Loxia leucoptera
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Loxia
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording White-winged Crossbill / Two-barred Crossbill in your journal
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