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Common Crossbill

Dutch: Kruisbek
German: Fichtenkreuzschnabel
Spanish: Piquituerto Común
French: Bec-croisé des sapins

Order:

Passeriformes

Family:

Fringillidae

Genus:

Loxia

Species:

Loxia curvirostra

Images

5 mm

Side, top and bottom view of skull. (Click on image to enlarge)

Information:
Damaged cranium and beak sheat

Length:

38 mm

Length cranium:

21 mm

Width (cranium):

19 mm

Height (cranium):

15 mm

Length bill:

17 mm

Skull ratio: (Length / Length bill)

2.24

Extra image:

small subspecies: himalayensis

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