Common redpoll

Common redpoll
Male, Quebec Canada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Acanthis
Species:
A. flammea
Binomial name
Acanthis flammea
Subspecies
  • A. f. flammea – mealy redpoll
  • A. f. icelandica – Icelandic redpoll
  • A. f. rostrata – Greenland redpoll
  • A. f. cabaret - lesser redpoll
Synonyms
  • Fringilla flammea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Carduelis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Carduelis rostrata
  • Carduelis islandica
  • Acanthis islandica

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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Acanthis flammea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22725044A155292529. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22725044A155292529.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.