Loxia patevi is an extinct species of crossbill in the genus Loxia that lived during the Piacenzian stage of the Pliocene epoch.

Distribution

Loxia patevi fossils are known from the site of Varshets in Bulgaria.[1]

References

  1. ^ Boev, Zlatozar (30 December 1999). "Earliest finds of crossbills (genus Loxia) (Aves: Fringillidae) from Varshets (NW Bulgaria)". Geologica Balcanica. 29 (3–4): 51–57. doi:10.52321/GeolBalc.29.3-4.51. Retrieved 25 March 2025.


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