Species: Acanthis flammea

Common Redpoll
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Passeriformes

    Family

    Fringillidae

    Genus

    Acanthis

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    sizerin flammé
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Fringillidae - Acanthis - [Lesser Redpoll], recently treated as a separate species by Knox et al. (2001).Species limits in the redpolls are complex, with from one to four species recognized (AOU 1998). Seutin et al. (1992, 1993) found that two relatively distinct redpoll forms breed at Churchill, Manitoba, but could not distinguish whether they were specifically distinct or the product of different types of intraspecific genetic or ecophenotypic polymorphisms. Seutin et al. (1995) examined rangewide mtDNA variation in redpolls and found little differentiation among the nominal species and subspecies.
    Migration
    true - true - true - Irruptive winter migrant to areas south of Canada. Flocks migrate to northern nesting areas by mid-March (Terres 1980). Arrives in Beaufort Sea area by May (Johnson and Herter 1989). Rare fall vagrant in northwestern Hawaii (Pratt et al. 1987).
    Non-migrant
    true
    Locally Migrant
    true
    Food Comments
    Eats seeds of birches, alders, willows, pines, elms, grasses, etc. Forages in trees or on the ground. Also eats insects during the summer.
    Reproduction Comments
    Nests are initiated usually in June in the Beaufort Sea area. Clutch size is 4-5, sometimes up to 7. Incubation, by female, lasts 10-11 days (Terres 1980). Young are tended by both adults, leave nest in 11-16 days. Females have the capacity to double-clutch. Pairs may nest near each other.
    Ecology Comments
    May travel in large flocks in winter.<br><br>Weakly territorial (Knox and Lowther 2000); individuals move up to 20 kilometers while foraging during breeding season (Molau 1985).<br>
    Length
    13
    Weight
    13
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-12-04
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-12-04
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    Circumpolar in Arctic and Subarctic. BREEDS: in North America, from western and northern Alaska, northern Yukon, east to northern Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland. WINTERS: central Alaska, southern nesting range in Canada to northern California, northern Nevada, northern Utah, central Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, South Carolina (AOU 1983).
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