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Two-barred crossbill

Loxia leucoptera J. F. Gmelin, 1789

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) is a species in the family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 28.7 g to 32.7 g and live up to 4 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
Photo: John Harrison at https://www.flickr.com/photos/15512543@N04/ · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the two-barred crossbill

Weight
28.7 g – 32.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
4 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
13 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.75 – 4src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the two-barred crossbill live?

Not recorded

What is the two-barred crossbill?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Two-barred crossbill” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Two-barred_crossbill&oldid=1348773819), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the two-barred crossbill endangered?

The two-barred crossbill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the two-barred crossbill classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyFringillidae
  6. genusLoxia
  7. SpeciesLoxia leucoptera J. F. Gmelin, 1789

Synonyms Loxia amurensis, Loxia elegans, Loxorynchus albipennis

Other names and names in other languages (65)
  • White-winged crossbillEnglish
  • White-winged crossbillEnglish
  • White-winged crossbillEnglish
  • هزار أبيض الجناحArabic
  • متقاطع المنقار أبيض الجناحArabic
  • متقاطع المنقار ذو الخطينArabic
  • Белакрылы крыжадзюбBelarusian
  • Белокрила кръсточовкаBulgarian
  • Beg-kroaz divrezennBreton
  • trencapinyes d'ala blancaCatalan
  • Ош шылдыран важыкнерMari
  • Шур ҫунатлӑ кукӑрсӑмсаChuvash
  • křivka bělokřídláCzech
  • Croesbig AdeinwenWelsh
  • Croesbigau AdeinwenWelsh
  • gylfingroes adeinwynWelsh
  • Hvidvinget KorsnæbDanish
  • BindenkreuzschnabelGerman
  • Rubanda krucbekuloEsperanto
  • blankflugila krucbekuloEsperanto
  • Piquituerto aliblancoSpanish
  • vööt-käbilindEstonian
  • kirjosiipikäpylintuFinnish
  • vongblikut krossnevFaroese
  • beccroisé bifasciéFrench
  • bec-croisé bifasciéFrench
  • Bec-croisé leucoptèreFrench
  • Crosghob báneiteachIrish
  • Crosghob stríoceiteachIrish
  • Gob cam skian-vaneManx
  • צלוב-מקור לבן-כנףHebrew
  • bjelokrili krstokljunCroatian
  • szalagos keresztcsőrűHungarian
  • Siyyuum kipifaruqInupiaq
  • VíxlnefurIcelandic
  • Crociere fasciatoItalian
  • ナキイスカJapanese
  • Аққанатты қайшауызKazakh
  • 흰죽지솔잣새Korean
  • margasparnis kryžiasnapisLithuanian
  • Baltsvītru krustknābisLatvian
  • balstsvītru krustknābisLatvian
  • Тольт солбинхушуутMongolian
  • WitbandkruisbekDutch
  • bandkrossnebbNorwegian Nynorsk
  • båndkorsnebbNorwegian
  • krzyżodziób modrzewiowyPolish
  • cruza-bico-listadoPortuguese
  • cruza-bico-d'asa-brancaPortuguese
  • Cruza-bico-franjadoPortuguese
  • Forfecuţă bălţatăRomanian
  • Белокрылый клестRussian
  • Белокрылый клёстRussian
  • Тиит ымыытаYakut
  • GirjebáhcatloddiNorthern Sami
  • girjeruossanjunniNorthern Sami
  • krivonos bielokrídlySlovak
  • beloperuti krivokljunSlovenian
  • Belokrili krstokljunSerbian
  • bändelkorsnäbbSwedish
  • amerikansk bändelkorsnäbbSwedish
  • Ak Kanatlı ÇaprazgagaTurkish
  • Тӧдьы бурдо кайсыUdmurt
  • шишкар білокрилийUkrainian
  • 白翅交嘴雀Chinese

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Relatives of the two-barred crossbill

Other species in the same genus Loxia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the two-barred crossbill?

An adult two-barred crossbill weighs 28.7 g – 32.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the two-barred crossbill endangered?

The two-barred crossbill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the two-barred crossbill live?

The two-barred crossbill has a recorded lifespan of 4 years.

What kind of animal is the two-barred crossbill?

The two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/two-barred-crossbill

MLA

“Two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/two-barred-crossbill.

BibTeX
@misc{two_barred_crossbill_2026,
  title = {Two-barred crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/two-barred-crossbill},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}