genus Loxia


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Noun1.genus Loxia - crossbillgenus Loxia - crossbill        
Loxia
bird genus - a genus of birds
family Fringillidae, Fringillidae - finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
crossbill, Loxia curvirostra - finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed
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Crossbills (genus Loxia) are north-temperate zone finches that specialize on an unpredictable food source, conifer seeds (see McCabe and McCabe 1933, Lack 1944, Southern 1945, Newton 1973, Benkman 1987b).
Reproductive seasonality in an opportunistic breeder, the red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra

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