Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyFringillidae (Fringíl·lids)
- GenusAcanthis (Redpolls)
- SpeciesAcanthis flammea (Common 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). Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Badlands National Park
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinus
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Purple Finch
Haemorhous purpureus
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Common Redpoll at Badlands National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there