Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Carduelidae |
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BTO Codes:
FR, COMRE
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EURING No: 16631 | |
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Number in Britain:
Unavailable
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Passage/Winter Visitor
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Subspecies:
rostrata (S), flammea (W), islandica (S) recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
14 cm
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Wingspan: 23 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 14 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: carduelis=the goldfinch and L.: flamma=a flame |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: n Eurasia, WINTERS: s to s Europe, c Asia |
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Habitat:
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Woodland, birch/willow scrub |
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Diet:
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Very small seeds, esp birch, invertebrates in summer, forages mostly in trees |
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Population and Distribution |
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British Population Size:
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First Record:
added to list 2000
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First Breeding Record:
Strathspey 1959
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Latest Survey:
Holling, M. & RBBP 2011 British Birds 104:476-537
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Conservation Status:
GREEN
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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| Migration routes: Map of foreign ringing recoveries | ||||
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
800 thousand to 4 million pairs
(Trend in Numbers)
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(III),Bern(III)
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
17 x 13 mm
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Egg Weight: 1.4 g (of which 5 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
0
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Clutch Size:
4 - 6 eggs
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Incubation:
10- 12 days
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by the: Female |
Fledging:
9 - 14days
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Altricial, downy
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First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
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Number of Broods:
2
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Number Ringed:
Annual Totals
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Adult Survival:
No data
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Juvenile Survival:
No data
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Age at First Breeding:
1
year
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few birds ringed
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Biometrics |
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Ring Size:
A
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Wing Length
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Adult: | Insufficient Data |
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| Male: | Insufficient Data | |
| Female: | Insufficient Data | |
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Weight
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Adult: | Insufficient Data |
| Juvenile: | Insufficient Data | |
| Male: | Insufficient Data | |
| Female: | Insufficient Data | |
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Other Names |
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| Mealy Redpoll | |
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Has Included Carduelis cabaret
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| Gaelic: Dearcan-seilich | Welsh: Llinos Flodiog |
| Danish: Gråsisken | Dutch: Barmsijs |
| Finnish: Urpiainen | French: Sizerin flammé |
| German: Birkenzeisig | Hungarian: Zsezse |
| Icelandic: Auðnutittlingur | Irish: Deargéadan |
| Italian: Organetto | Norwegian: Gråsisik |
| Polish: Czeczotka zwyczajna | Portuguese: Pintarrôxo-de-queixo-preto |
| Spanish: Pardillo sizerín | Swedish: Gråsiska |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Newton, I. 1972 The finches Collins, London [598.982 NEW] | |
| See Also: | |
Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
or  Scirus by clicking the icon
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| Wikipedia entry | |
| BirdLife species page | |
| Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides | |
| All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) | |
| Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter | |
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