Acanthis flammea ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: FRINGILLIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Gerrit Vyn
An abundant breeding bird of the boreal and taiga regions, the Common Redpoll is seen in North America primarily only in the winter. Even then, it generally occurs during irruptions, typically every other year.
Call is a series of chittering notes with some rising, questioning notes.
Snowbird Season. Story and photographs in Living Bird magazine.