Common redpoll

Common redpoll
	Male, Quebec Canada
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Genus:	Acanthis
Species:	A. flammea
Binomial name
	Acanthis flammea; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
	A. f. flammea – mealy redpoll; A. f. icelandica – Icelandic redpoll; A. f. rostrata – Greenland redpoll; A. f. cabaret - lesser redpoll;
Synonyms
	Fringilla flammea Linnaeus, 1758; Carduelis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758); Carduelis rostrata; Carduelis islandica; Acanthis islandica;

The common redpoll or mealy redpoll (Acanthis flammea) is a species of bird in the finch family. It breeds somewhat further south than the Arctic redpoll, also in habitats with thickets or shrubs.

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