Common Redpoll

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Bird name: Common Redpoll
Latin: Carduelis flammea
Other: Sizerin flammé (Fr) • pardillo sizerín (Es) • Birkenzeisig (De) • organetti (It) • barmsijs (Nl) • Gråsiska (Sv) •
Family: Fringillidae • Finches, Redpolls
Range: N Eurasia, North America, Iceland
Similar: Arctic Redpoll

The Redpoll is another northern bird, in the finch family. This is the Icelandic Redpoll subspecies, seen near Rejkyavik in May.