LC
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
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Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2016 Least Concern
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988 Lower Risk/Least Concern
Species attributes

Migratory status not a migrant Forest dependency medium
Land-mass type Average mass 37 g
Range

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 129,000,000 km2 medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) 129,000,000 km2 medium
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size 90000000-179999999 mature individuals poor estimated 2012
Population trend stable - estimated -
Generation length 3.4 years - - -

Population justification: Rich et al. (2004) estimated the global population to number 15,000,000 individuals. In Europe, the breeding population is estimated to number 9,100,000-17,300,000 pairs, which equates to 18,200,000-34,600,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). Europe forms c.20% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 91,000,000-173,000,000 mature individuals, although further validation of this estimate is needed.

Trend justification: This species has had stable population trends over the last 40 years in North America (data from Breeding Bird Survey and/or Christmas Bird Count: Butcher and Niven 2007). In Europe and the EU27 the population size is estimated to be fluctuating (BirdLife International 2015).


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Afghanistan extant vagrant yes
Albania extant native yes
Algeria extant native yes
Andorra extant native yes
Armenia extant native yes
Austria extant native yes
Azerbaijan extant native yes
Belarus extant native yes
Belgium extant native yes
Belize extant native yes
Bermuda (to UK) extant native yes
Bhutan extant native yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina extant native yes
Bulgaria extant native yes
Canada extant native yes
China (mainland) extant native yes
Croatia extant native yes
Cyprus extant native yes
Czechia extant native yes
Denmark extant native yes yes
El Salvador extant native yes
Estonia extant native yes
Faroe Islands (to Denmark) extant native yes
Finland extant native yes yes
France extant native yes yes
Georgia extant native yes
Germany extant native yes yes
Greece extant native yes yes
Greenland (to Denmark) extant vagrant yes
Guatemala extant native yes
Honduras extant native yes
Hungary extant native yes
Iceland extant vagrant yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of extant native yes
Ireland extant native yes
Israel extant native yes
Italy extant native yes
Japan extant native yes
Jordan extant vagrant yes
Kazakhstan extant native yes
Kyrgyzstan extant native yes
Latvia extant native yes
Libya extant vagrant yes
Liechtenstein extant native yes
Lithuania extant native yes
Luxembourg extant native yes
Malta extant vagrant yes
Mexico extant native yes
Mongolia extant native yes
Montenegro extant native yes
Morocco extant native yes
Myanmar extant native yes
Nepal extant native yes
Netherlands extant native yes
Nicaragua extant native yes
North Korea extant native yes
North Macedonia extant native yes
Norway extant native yes
Philippines extant native yes
Poland extant native yes
Portugal extant native yes
Romania extant native yes
Russia extant native yes yes
Russia (Asian) extant native yes
Russia (Central Asian) extant native yes
Russia (European) extant native yes
Serbia extant native yes
Slovakia extant native yes
Slovenia extant native yes
South Korea extant native yes
Spain extant native yes
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France) extant native yes yes
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway) extant vagrant yes
Sweden extant native yes
Switzerland extant native yes
Tajikistan extant vagrant yes
Tunisia extant native yes
Türkiye extant native yes
Ukraine extant native yes
United Kingdom extant native yes
USA extant native yes
Uzbekistan extant native yes
Vietnam extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
Russia (Central Asian) Bol'shoy and Maly Akh lakes
Russia (Central Asian) Kondinskiye lakes
Russia (Central Asian) Korgonskaya
Russia (Central Asian) Molebny Kamen' ridge
Russia (Central Asian) Poyasovy Kamen' ridge
Russia (Central Asian) Zapovednik "Denezhkin Kamen'"

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial Urban Areas suitable non-breeding
Forest Temperate major resident
Altitude 800 - 4100 m Occasional altitudinal limits  

Utilisation
Purpose Scale
Food - human subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/red-crossbill-loxia-curvirostra on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.