Arctic Redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)
About the Arctic Redpoll
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). The redpoll was listed in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Fringilla flammea. The specific epithet flammea is Latin meaning "flame-coloured". Linnaeus also described the redpoll as Fringilla linaria on the same page, but the earlier name flammea has priority.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 88 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Canada, Finland, France, Netherlands in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammearecording
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis cabaretrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.