Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies (Fringillidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The redpoll (Acanthis flammea) is a species of small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Acanthis. It breeds in the Arctic and north temperate Holarctic tundra and taiga. The redpoll was formerly widely treated as three species: the common or mealy redpoll, the arctic or hoary redpoll (A. hornemanni), and the lesser redpoll (A. cabaret).
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Range and habitat
Continents
Countries
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- Germany
- Greenland
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norfolk Island
- Norway
- Poland
- Russia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Redpoll
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.