Hispaniolan crossbill

Loxia megaplaga

The Hispaniolan crossbill (Loxia megaplaga) is a bird found in Dominican Republic and Haiti. Found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It eats seeds and nuts, leaves and other plant parts and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Loxia megaplaga
Region	North America
Found in	Dominican Republic and Haiti

🏡 Where the Hispaniolan crossbill lives

Found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

🍽️ What it eats

🌰 Seeds & nuts30%
🌿 Leaves & plants30%
🐛 Insects & bugs20%
🍎 Fruit20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 29 grams. It mostly eats seeds and leaves and plants.

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Recorded by Ross Gallardy (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC308670. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Hispaniolan crossbill

Where does the Hispaniolan crossbill live?

The Hispaniolan crossbill lives in Dominican Republic and Haiti. Found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

What does the Hispaniolan crossbill eat?

seeds and nuts (about 30%), leaves and other plant parts (about 30%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 20%), fruit (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Hispaniolan crossbill endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.