Loxia

A similar nomadic lifestyle is found in small passerine seed-eating birds such as redpolls and crossbills (Loxia spp.) in the forest tundra.

General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009

According to Esther del Val, from the National History Museum in Barcelona, Spain, and her team, the red carotenoids that give the common crossbill Loxia curvirostra its red coloration are produced in the liver, not the skin, as previously thought.

Birds: Feather Color Is More Than Skin Deep | Impact Lab 2009

Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), known primarily from high-latitude coniferous forests, reaches its southernmost extent in the Old World in the mountains of the Central Cordillera (the populations in Central America, notably Nicaragua, are further south).

Luzon tropical pine forests 2008

From the thinner thorns the bell-shaped nests of the Loxia depend, waving in the breeze, and the wood resounds with the cries of bright-winged choristers.

First footsteps in East Africa 2003

The Rose-breasted Grosbeak (_Loxia rosea_) is said to be an excellent songster, passing the greater part of the night in singing, and continuing vocal in confinement.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various

From the thinner thorns the bell-shaped nests of the Loxia depend, waving in the breeze, and the wood resounds with the cries of bright-winged choristers.

First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855

The "social gros-beak" (_Loxia socia_) fabricates a republic of nests in one clump, and all under one roof.

The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850

Aided by an instrument which he had hastily constructed out of the lanceolate leaves of the cane, he at the same time imitated the scream and chatter of the red cardinal (_Loxia cardinalis_), just as when that bird is engaged in battle, either with a serpent, an opossum, or some other of its habitual enemies.

The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Mayne Reid 1850

The "cardinal grosbeak" (_Pitylus cardinalis_) with his bright scarlet wings; the blue jay, noisy and chattering; the rarer "crossbill" (_Loxia_) with its deep crimson colour; and many others, equally bright and beautiful, enlivened the woods, either with their voice or their gaudy plumage.

The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

***** Loxia cardinalis, the red bird, or Virginia nightingale.

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. 1823