White-winged Crossbill
Loxia leucoptera
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyFringillidae (Fringíl·lids)
- GenusLoxia (Crossbills)
- SpeciesLoxia leucoptera (White-winged Crossbill)
The two-barred crossbill or white-winged crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It breeds in the coniferous forests of North America and the Palearctic. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Rocky Mountain National Park
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Red Crossbill (Type 9)
Loxia sinesciuris
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinus
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte australis
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
Evening Grosbeak
Hesperiphona vespertina
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
Pine Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Black Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte atrata
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of White-winged Crossbill at Rocky Mountain National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there