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[[Image:Lesser_Redpoll.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Adey Baker.<br/>Photo taken: Burbage Common Extension, [[Leicestershire]], UK.]]
 
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==Identification==
 
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Scotland]], northern and eastern [[England]] and [[Wales]].  
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British Isles, Alps and mountains of Czechoslovakia.
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
It has recently been split from the [[Common Redpoll|Common (or Mealy) Redpoll]], a larger and paler species.
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It has recently been split from the [[Common Redpoll|Common (or Mealy) Redpoll]], which is larger and paler.
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Birch and alder woods
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Birch and alder woods.
  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==

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Carduelis flammea cabaret
Photo by Adey Baker.
Photo taken: Burbage Common Extension, Leicestershire, UK.

Identification

Small, brown, red forehead, small black bib and, in breeding males, red upper chests, pale underparts

Distribution

British Isles, Alps and mountains of Czechoslovakia.


Taxonomy

It has recently been split from the Common (or Mealy) Redpoll, which is larger and paler.

Habitat

Birch and alder woods.

Behaviour

Diet includes small seeds, like alders, spruce, and birch. During the breeding season they also feed on insects.

The female builds a small untidy cup nest of fine twigs and grass, lined with feathers and hair. Pale blue eggs with pale pink or lilac markings are laid and incubated by the female. The young are fed by both parents.

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