Scottish Crossbill
Loxia scoticaHartert, EJO, 1904
English (US) Scottish Crossbill
The Scottish Crossbill (Loxia scotica) 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: pine forest of northern ScotlandRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Loxia scotica
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scottish Crossbill
- Described by
- Hartert, EJO, 1904
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxia curvirostra scotica
- Described by
- Hartert, EJO, 1904
- Type locality
- East Ross-shire, Scotland.
- Original description
- Die Vögel der paläarktischen Fauna. Systematische Übersicht der in Europa, Nord-Asien und der Mittelmeerregion vorkommenden Vögel 1 p.120
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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