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crossbill's Usage Examples:

Local species at risk include the red kite, Scottish crossbill and, from Mexico, the smokey pocket gopher.

crossbill numbers very good at Pembrey Forest.

Another good bird was a lone crossbill that flew north over the Grove later in the day.

We did not expect to see many birds in the pinewoods here so a male crossbill was a bonus.

The ancient forests are the only home of Scotland's sole truly native bird, the Scottish crossbill.

Birds typical of Caledonian forest, including capercaillie Tetrao urogallus and Scottish crossbill Loxia scotica, are represented.

leucoptera) is the equivalent of the two-barred crossbill, but smaller.

The third, the two-barred crossbill (L.

The common crossbill of the Palaearctic region (Loxia curvirostra) is about the size of a skylark, but more stoutly built.

On the upper verge of the pine forests, or in the scrubby vegetation just beyond, the following are not uncommon - black woodpecker (Picus martius), ring-ousel (Turdus torquatus), Bonelli's warbler (Phylloscopus Bonellii), crested tit (Parus cristatus), citril finch (Citrinella alpina), siskin (Chrysomitris spinus), crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes), blackcock (Tetrao tetrix), and the alpine varieties of the marsh-tit (Parus palustris, borealis) and tree-creeper (Certhia familiaris, costae).

crossbill's Meaning':

finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed