Birds of Mexico


Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) Male Devil's Fork SP, South Carolina, United States Extracts seeds from pine cones with curved bill. Female is olive yellow.
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Crossbills have bills where the upper and lower mandible cross each other. Their bills are used to extract seeds from pine cones.

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