Red Crossbill - Langbiang Da Lat Viet Nam Stock Photography

Red crossbill - Langbiang Da Lat Viet Nam The red crossbill or common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Crossbills have distinctive mandibles, crossed at the tips, which enable them to extract seeds from conifer cones and other fruits. Adults are often brightly coloured, with red or orange males and green or yellow females, but there is wide variation in beak size and shape, and call types, leading to different classifications of variantsThese are endemic birds, which have evolved to adapt to the habitat and climate typical of Langbiang Da Lat Viet Nam and cannot be found in other countries.