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title: "White-winged Crossbill"
description: "Loxia leucoptera — Uccelli. The two-barred crossbill or white-winged crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-winged-crossbill
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-winged Crossbill

> Loxia leucoptera — Uccelli. The two-barred crossbill or white-winged crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

- Scientific name: *Loxia leucoptera*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 6118
- Wikidata: [Q331190](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331190)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10423](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10423)

## Names

- en: White-winged Crossbill
- de: Bindenkreuzschnabel
- es: Piquituerto aliblanco
- fr: Bec-croisé bifascié
- nl: Witbandkruisbek
- pt: Cruza-bico-listado
- pl: Krzyżodziób modrzewiowy

## Countries with the most observations

CA (3504), US (1693), RU (278), FI (32), CN (15), NO (13), GB (11), SE (7), PM (6), DE (4), BM (3)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-barred_crossbill

## Photo

![White-winged Crossbill](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-winged-crossbill/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erin Springinotic · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72725134

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-winged-crossbill?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).