Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera   [JF Gmelin, 1789]

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Order: Passeriformes Family: Carduelidae
BTO Codes: PD, TWBCR EURING No: 16650
Number in Britain: 2 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern ( Details )
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Visitor
Subspecies: bifasciata recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 28 cm Weight: M/F: 32 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: loxos=crosswise and Gr.: leukos + pteros=wing
World Distribution: n Eurasia, n&w North America, Hispaniola
Habitat: Coniferous forest
Diet: Mostly conifer seeds, esp. larch, spruce, some invertebrates in summer

Records and Distribution

First Record: Cumbria, 1845 (Down 1802) (Harrop, A.H.J. et al. 2007. British Birds 100:650-657)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 112 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: July to February
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Borders (1889), Dumfries & Galloway (1991), Fife (2001), Upper Forth (1985), Highland (2003), Outer Hebrides (1910), Orkney (2002), Shetland (2002),
   North-east England: Durham (1943), Northumberland (2001), East Yorkshire (1889), North Yorkshire (1990), South Yorkshire (2002),
   North-west England: Cheshire (1966), Cumbria (2000),
   English Midlands: Derbyshire (1990), Northamptonshire (1990), Nottinghamshire (1943), Shropshire (1973), Staffordshire (1979),
   Eastern England: Bedfordshire (1890), Essex (1866), Hertfordshire (1966), Lincolnshire (1889), Norfolk (2002), Suffolk (1889),
   South-east England: Berkshire (1890), Buckinghamshire (2003), Hampshire (1984), Kent (1991), Greater London (1889), Oxfordshire (2002), Surrey (1966),
   South-west England: Devon (1990), Dorset (1966), Gloucestershire (1998), Somerset (1990),
   Wales: Denbighshire (1991), Radnorshire ,

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Other Names

White-winged Crossbill
Gaelic: Welsh: Croesbig Wenaden
Danish: Hvidvinget korsnæb Dutch: Witbandkruisbek
Finnish: Kirjosiipikäpylintu French: Beccroisé bifascié
German: Bindenkreuzschnabel Hungarian: Szalagos keresztcsoru
Icelandic: Víxlnefur Irish: Crosghob Báneiteach
Italian: Crociere fasciato Norwegian: Båndkorsnebb
Polish: Krzyzodziób modrzewiowy Portuguese: Cruza-bico-franjado
Spanish: Piquituerto franjeado Swedish: Bändelkorsnäbb

For More Information...

Books and Monographs:
   Nethersole-Thompson, D. 1975 The pine crossbills Poyser, Berkhamsted [598.982 NET]
   Newton, I. 1972 The finches Collins, London [598.982 NEW]
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter