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[[Image:Artic Redpoll 5167.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Summer plumage<br />Photo &copy; by the late '''[http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=35827 Jim Wood]'''<br />[[Shetland|Shetland Islands]], June 2008]]
 
'''Alternative name: Arctic Redpoll'''
 
'''Alternative name: Arctic Redpoll'''
[[Image:Artic Redpoll 5167.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Summer plumage<br />Photo by the late '''[http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=35827 Jim Wood]'''<br />[[Shetland|Shetland Islands]], June 2008]]
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;[[:Category:Acanthis|Acanthis]] hornemanni
 
;[[:Category:Acanthis|Acanthis]] hornemanni
 
''Carduelis hornemanni''
 
''Carduelis hornemanni''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
L. 5 in
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11·5–14 cm (4½-5½ in)
 
*Buff-grey upperparts streaked brown
 
*Buff-grey upperparts streaked brown
 
*White underparts with brown streaks (washed pink in male).  
 
*White underparts with brown streaks (washed pink in male).  
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*Rump is pale gray or white with few or no streaks.  
 
*Rump is pale gray or white with few or no streaks.  
 
*Notched, black tail
 
*Notched, black tail
[[Image:Hoary_Redpoll.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Nightbird|Nightbird}}<br />January 2004]]
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[[Image:Hoary_Redpoll.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Nightbird|Nightbird}}<br />January 2004]]
 
====Similar Species====
 
====Similar Species====
 
Similar to [[Common Redpoll]]
 
Similar to [[Common Redpoll]]
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Inhabits weedy pastures and roadsides in winter; stays on tundra in summer.
 
Inhabits weedy pastures and roadsides in winter; stays on tundra in summer.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of small seeds, buds, shoots and catkins, mainly from birch, alder, willow and conifer trees.
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====Breeding====
 
Nests in the fork of willow or birch trees.
 
Nests in the fork of willow or birch trees.
 
===Vocalisation===
 
===Vocalisation===
<flashmp3>Carduelis hornemanni (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
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{{Audio|Carduelis hornemanni (song).mp3}}
''[[Media:Carduelis hornemanni (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
 
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Whatbird
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Whatbird
 
#Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
 
#Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
 
#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2645376 Birdforum thread] discussing taxonomy of Redpolls
 
#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2645376 Birdforum thread] discussing taxonomy of Redpolls
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2016)
 
{{ref}}
 
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Carduelis+hornemanni Use ''Carduelis hornemanni'' to}}
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{{GSearch|"Acanthis hornemanni" {{!}} "Hoary Redpoll" {{!}} "Arctic Redpoll" {{!}} "Carduelis hornemanni"}}
{{GSearch|Acanthis+hornemanni Use ''Acanthis hornemanni'' to}}
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{{GS-checked}}1
 
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This link searches for videos titled Arctic Redpoll
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{{Video|Arctic_Redpoll}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Bird Songs]] [[Category:Acanthis]] [[Category:Videos]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Bird Songs]] [[Category:Acanthis]]

Latest revision as of 15:53, 4 June 2023

Summer plumage
Photo © by the late Jim Wood
Shetland Islands, June 2008

Alternative name: Arctic Redpoll

Acanthis hornemanni

Carduelis hornemanni

Identification

11·5–14 cm (4½-5½ in)

  • Buff-grey upperparts streaked brown
  • White underparts with brown streaks (washed pink in male).
  • Red cap
  • Black chin patch
  • Black wings with two white bars
  • Rump is pale gray or white with few or no streaks.
  • Notched, black tail
Photo © by Nightbird
January 2004

Similar Species

Similar to Common Redpoll

Distribution

Breeds northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, far northern Scandinavia and Russia. Winters south to northern United States.

Taxonomy

Hoary/Arctic Redpoll might not be a different species from Common Redpoll[4].

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • A. h. exilipes: Alternative name : Coue's Arctic Redpoll
  • A. h. hornemanni:

Was formerly placed in genus Carduelis.

Habitat

Inhabits weedy pastures and roadsides in winter; stays on tundra in summer.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of small seeds, buds, shoots and catkins, mainly from birch, alder, willow and conifer trees.

Breeding

Nests in the fork of willow or birch trees.

Vocalisation

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Whatbird
  3. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
  4. Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of Redpolls
  5. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2016)

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External Links

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