Endangered
Hispaniolan Crossbill
Loxia megaplaga
Hispaniolan Crossbill is a perching bird in the family Fringillidae (order Passeriformes) — Loxia megaplaga, recorded as Endangered.
Appearance
Both sexes have the characteristic crossed bill from that the genus' English name derives. Adult males are mostly dull brown with a reddish to reddish orange wash that is heaviest on the nape, upper back, and upper chest. Their wings are blackish with two white wing bars.
The Hispaniolan crossbill is about 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs about 28 g (0.99 oz). The Hispaniolan crossbill is an Endangered species of passerine bird in the family Fringillidae, the finches and euphonias.
Range and habitat
The Hispaniolan crossbill has a highly disjunct distribution on the island of Hispaniola. It is found in Haiti in the Massif de la Selle and Massif de la Hotte. In the Dominican Republic it is found in the Sierra de Bahoruco and Cordillera Central.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet and breeding
The species forages in the upper branches of tall pines and typically on the outer part of branches where foliage is of medium density. Females construct the nest with the male guarding nearby.
The nest is an open cup made from twigs and pine needles lined with more needles and lichen.
In crisis
Hispaniolan Crossbill is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Hispaniolan Crossbill, Wikidata item Q1304533. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
