Common Redpoll

by | Feb 6, 2019 | Redpoll

Species of bird The common redpoll or mealy redpoll (Acanthis flammea) is a species of bird in the finch family. It breeds somewhat further south than the Arctic redpoll, also in habitats with thickets or shrubs. Taxonomy The common redpoll was listed in 1758 by...

Hoary Redpoll

by | Feb 6, 2019 | Redpoll

Species of bird Carduelis hornemanni exilipes The Arctic redpoll or hoary redpoll[1] (Acanthis hornemanni) is a bird species in the finch family Fringillidae. It breeds in tundra birch forest. It has two subspecies, A. h. hornemanni (Greenland or Hornemann's Arctic...