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Hispaniolan Crossbill
Loxia megaplaga Riley, 1916
Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
Hispaniolan Crossbill, Loxia megaplaga, is a finch of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, where it lives in pine forest in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It is the only Loxia found in the region and was first described in 1916. Its most notable feature is the crossed bill, which varies in the direction of the crossing and is larger than that of the two-barred crossbill. The species is resident through the year, though it moves around in search of mature pine cones. It is found in mountain ranges from about 540 m to 2,600 m above sea level.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
- Breeding range
- North America: Hispaniola
