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Definition of Redpolls

Redpoll
Redpoll Red"poll` (-p?l`), n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly [AE]giothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (A. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet. (b) The common European linnet. (c) The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).

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- A. G. (1988). "The taxonomy of redpolls". Ardea. 76 (1): 1–26. Herremans, M. (1990). Taxonomy and evolution in Redpolls Carduelis flammea – hornemanni;...
- male mealy redpolls are darker than the similarly sized Arctic redpolls, but the females are almost identical. The range of the common redpoll extends through...
- about a further thirteen days. Due to its similarity to other redpolls, the Arctic redpoll has been under consideration for combining with the other species...
- smallest, brownest, and most streaked of the redpolls. It is sometimes classified as a subspecies of the common redpoll (Acanthis flammea) but has recently been...
- species divided into fifty genera. It includes the canaries, siskins, redpolls, serins, grosbeaks and euphonias, as well as the morphologically divergent...
- Europe. The bird is variable in plumage, with adults resembling very dark redpolls. The foreparts are sooty and the forehead is red; juveniles have buff-brown...
- and red-necked phalarope. Non-migratory land birds include the arctic redpoll, ptarmigan, short-eared owl, snowy owl, gyrfalcon and white-tailed eagle...
- formed another clade and were moved to the genus Linaria and finally the redpolls were moved to the genus Acanthis. The genus Carduelis is now restricted...
- winter, they often feed in mixed flocks including American goldfinches and redpolls. Small seeds, especially thistle, red alder, birch, and spruce seeds, make...
- acoustic research operating from 1959 to 1976. The ship was the former USS Redpoll (AMS-57/YMS-294), a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built...