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Loxia curvirostra (red crossbill)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Fringillidae

Taxonomy
Loxia curvirostra was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus p. 171
1935Loxia curvirostra Schultz and Howard p. 277
1940Loxia curvirostra Wetmore p. 77
1942Loxia curvirostra Miller and DeMay p. 130
1956Loxia curvirostra Wetmore p. 99
1997Loxia curvirostra Seguí et al. p. 246
2002Loxia curvirostra Mlikovsky p. 249
2017Loxia curvirostra Clements et al.
2018Loxia curvirostra Carrera et al. p. 166

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyFringillidaeVigors 1825
genusLoxiaLinnaeus 1758
speciescurvirostra

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus 1758 [red crossbill]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 18:57:32
Modified: 2009-01-03 20:57:32
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Lein 1972, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Loxia curvirostra (93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Loxia curvirostra (218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Loxia curvirostra (197769 197772 197788)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Loxia curvirostra (194936)