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Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)

Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)

About Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies

The redpoll is a species of small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Acanthis. It breeds in the Arctic and north temperate Holarctic tundra and taiga. The redpoll was formerly widely treated as three species: the common or mealy redpoll, the arctic or hoary redpoll, and the lesser redpoll.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2000-06-15

    Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America
    Very commonly heard and seen all along the river, but especially in the 1002 area.
  • 2010-05-27

    Kenai Peninsula, United States of America
    Image from 2010-05-27
  • 2010-06-08

    Talkeetna, United States of America
    Image from 2010-06-08
  • 2012-01-08

    Te Anau, New Zealand
  • 2012-01-09

    Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
  • 2012-01-13

    Otago Peninsula / Dunedin, New Zealand
    Image from 2012-01-13
  • 2012-01-14

    Twizel, New Zealand
  • 2014-07-16

    Nome, United States of America
  • 2014-07-17

    Nome--Safety Sound, United States of America
    Image from 2014-07-17
    Image from 2014-07-17
  • 2014-07-18

    Nome-Kougarok Road, United States of America
  • 2014-07-21

    Seward, United States of America
  • 2019-10-02

    Orkney Islands, England
    Image from 2019-10-02
  • 2021-07-09

    Reykjavik, Iceland