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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]]
[[Image:Hoary_Redpoll.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by Nightbird]]
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'''Alternative name: Arctic Redpoll'''
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;[[:Category:Acanthis|Acanthis]] hornemanni
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''Carduelis hornemanni''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Northern America
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11·5–14 cm (4½-5½ in)
==Bird Song==
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*Buff-grey upperparts streaked brown
<flashmp3>Carduelis hornemanni (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
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*White underparts with brown streaks (washed pink in male).
''[[Media:Carduelis hornemanni (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
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*Red cap
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*Black chin patch
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*Black wings with two white bars
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*Rump is pale gray or white with few or no streaks.
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*Notched, black tail
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[[Image:Hoary_Redpoll.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Nightbird|Nightbird}}<br />January 2004]]
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====Similar Species====
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Similar to [[Common Redpoll]]
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==Distribution==
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Breeds northern [[Canada]], [[Alaska]], [[Greenland]], far northern Scandinavia and [[Russia]]. Winters south to northern [[United States]].
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==Taxonomy==
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Hoary/Arctic Redpoll might not be a different species from [[Common Redpoll]]<sup>[[#References|[4]]]</sup>.
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====Subspecies====
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There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''A. h. exilipes'': Alternative name : Coue's Arctic Redpoll
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:*Tundra of northern [[Eurasia]] and northern [[North America]]
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*''A. h. hornemanni'':
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:*Ellesmere Island, Baffin Island and northern [[Greenland]]; winters to northern [[US]], [[British Isles]]
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Was formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Carduelis|Carduelis]]''.
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==Habitat==
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Inhabits weedy pastures and roadsides in winter; stays on tundra in summer.
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==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====
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Nests in the fork of willow or birch trees.
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===Vocalisation===
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{{Audio|Carduelis hornemanni (song).mp3}}
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Whatbird
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#Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
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#[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)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?si=Carduelis+hornemanni&perpage=12&sort=1&cat=all&ppuser=&[email protected]&password=&x=15&y=11 View more images of Hoary Redpoll in the gallery]
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{{GSearch|"Acanthis hornemanni" {{!}} "Hoary Redpoll" {{!}} "Arctic Redpoll" {{!}} "Carduelis hornemanni"}}
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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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