Red Crossbill

Q: What are the chances of seeing a Red Crossbill in Saguaro National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red Crossbill sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 372 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

Q: When is the best time to see Red Crossbill in Saguaro National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Red Crossbill in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.

Loxia curvirostra

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyFringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies)
GenusLoxia (Crossbills)
SpeciesLoxia curvirostra (Red Crossbill)

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

at Saguaro National Park

372 Verified sightings at Saguaro National Park From 2019 to 2026

23,815 Verified sightings across all 68 parks From 2019 to 2026

January Best month highest sighting rate

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Red Crossbill

The red crossbill or common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Crossbills have distinctive mandibles, crossed at the tips, which enable them to extract seeds from conifer cones and other fruits.

Adults are often brightly coloured, with red or orange males and green or yellow females, but there is wide variation in beak size and shape, and call types, leading to different classifications of variants, some of which have been named as subspecies. The species is known as "red crossbill" in North America and "common crossbill" in Europe.

Crossbills are distinguished by the mandibles crossing at their tips, which gives the group its English name. Using their crossed mandibles for leverage, crossbills are able to efficiently separate the scales of conifer cones and extract the seeds on which they feed. Adult males tend to be red or orange in colour, and females green or yellow, but there is much variation; juveniles are greyish-green and streaked.

The distinctive crossed mandibles eliminate most other species, but this feature is shared by the similar two-barred crossbill, with which it overlaps considerably... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

LC Endemic

Haemorhous mexicanus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Spinus psaltria

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Spinus pinus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Haemorhous cassinii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Hesperiphona vespertina

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Spinus lawrencei

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Spinus tristis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Auriparus flaviceps

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Melozone aberti

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Pyrocephalus rubinus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Toxostoma curvirostre

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Setophaga coronata

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	~40%
2	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	~30%
3	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
4	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
5	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
6	Vanoise National Park	🇫🇷 France	~20%
7	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~20%
8	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	~20%
9	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	~20%
10	Jiuzhaigou National Park	🇨🇳 China	~20%
11	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	~20%
12	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	~20%
13	Ecrins National Park	🇫🇷 France	~20%
14	Hohe Tauern National Park	🇦🇹 Austria	~10%
15	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
16	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
17	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
18	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
19	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	~10%
20	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	~10%
21	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
22	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
23	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
24	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
25	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
26	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~10%
27	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~10%
28	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~10%
29	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	~10%
30	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	~10%
31	Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
32	Langtang National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	<5%
33	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
34	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	<5%
35	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
36	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	<5%
37	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
38	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
39	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
40	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
41	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
42	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
43	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
44	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
45	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
46	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	<5%
47	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
48	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
49	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	<5%
50	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
51	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
52	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
53	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
54	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
55	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
56	Khangchendzonga National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
57	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
58	Thingvellir National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	Insufficient data
59	Plitvice Lakes National Park	🇭🇷 Croatia	Insufficient data
60	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
61	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
62	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
63	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	Insufficient data
64	Nikko National Park	🇯🇵 Japan	Insufficient data
65	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	Insufficient data
66	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
67	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
68	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Red Crossbill in Saguaro National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red Crossbill sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 372 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Red Crossbill in Saguaro National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Red Crossbill in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.

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Red Crossbill

About the Red Crossbill

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

House Finch

Lesser Goldfinch

Pine Siskin

Cassin's Finch

Evening Grosbeak

Lawrence's Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

Verdin

Abert's Towhee

Vermilion Flycatcher

Curve-billed Thrasher

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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