Hispaniolan Crossbill
Loxia megaplagaRiley, JH, 1916
English (US) Hispaniolan Crossbill
The Hispaniolan Crossbill (Loxia megaplaga) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: cordillera central of Dominican Republic and adjacent HaitiRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Loxia megaplaga
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Hispaniolan Crossbill
- Described by
- Riley, JH, 1916
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Riley, JH, 1916
- Type locality
- El Rio, Santo Domingo.
- Original description
- Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 66 no.15 p.1,2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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