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Loxia curvirostra percna Bent, 1912

Newfoundland (red) crossbill

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Invalid (synonym)

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym)

 

Distribution

Newfoundland, Canada

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: USNM 233930

Type locality: "Flatbay (?)ier, Newfoundland, Canada"

 

Media

Above: published in van Rossem (1931-1934). Source: Wikimedia Commons.

 

References

Original scientific description:

Bent, Arthur Cleveland. (1912). A new subspecies of crossbill from Newfoundland. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 60(15): 1-3.


Other references:

Parchman, T. L. and Benkman, C. W. (2002). Diversifying coevolution between crossbills and black spruce on Newfoundland. Evolution 56: 1663-1672.

van Rossem, A. J. (1931-1934). Notes on some Types of North American Birds. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 7: 349-361.

Sanborn, Colin Campbell. (1922). Recent Notes from an Old Collecting Ground in North-Eastern Illinois. The Auk 39(3): 367-373.

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