Usage of "loxia curvirostra"

portugués

Finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed.

Sinónimos

Examples for "crossbill"

Examples for "crossbill"

The Mexican crossbill appeared to have little fear of the migrating Northern shrike. 
 Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico 

The crossbill is fitted with a wonderful tool for tearing fir-cones to pieces. 
 Chatterbox Stories of Natural History 

Not a crossbill, not a jay, neither eagle nor hawk, showed against the azure fields of sky and snow. 
 The Freebooters of the Wilderness 

A flock of crossbills went whistling overhead, coming from the same direction. 
 Secrets of the Woods 

No, the Crossbill does not place his nest in any of these ways. 
 Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginne... 

Uso de loxia curvirostra en inglés

A cross-bill ( loxia curvirostra) was killed last year in this neighbourhood. 
 The Natural History of Selborne 

Translations for loxia curvirostra

portugués

Significados de loxia curvirostra en inglés