red crossbill
English
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Noun
red crossbill (countable and uncountable, plural red crossbills)
- Loxia curvirostra, a small passerine bird in the finch family, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.
Synonyms
- (Loxia curvirostra): common crossbill
Further reading
red crossbill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Loxia curvirostra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Loxia curvirostra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons