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Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni   [Holboell, 1843]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Carduelidae
BTO Codes: AL , ARCRE EURING No: 16640
Number in Britain: 17 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Visitor
Subspecies: hornemanni (V), exilipes (S) recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 24 cm Weight: M/F: 14 g    
Scientific name from: L.: carduelis=the goldfinch and after Jens Harnemann (1770-1841) Danish botanist and author
World Distribution: n Eurasia, n North America
Habitat: Scrub, tundra
Diet: Small seeds, esp alder, birch, willow, invertebrates in summer, forages mostly in trees
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Records and Distribution
First Record: 1855
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 795 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: October to December
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Argyll (2001), Angus & Dundee (1996), Ayrshire , Fife (1996), Highland (2000), Lothian (1996), Moray & Nairn , Northeast (1996), Outer Hebrides (2004), Orkney (2002), Perth & Kinross (1996), Shetland (2004),
   North-east England: Cleveland (1996), Durham , Northumberland (1996), East Yorkshire (1996), North Yorkshire (1996), South Yorkshire (1996), West Yorkshire (1996),
   North-west England: Cheshire (1996), Cumbria (1996), Lancashire (1996),
   English Midlands: Derbyshire (1996), Leicestershire (1996), Northamptonshire (1996), Nottinghamshire (1996), Staffordshire (1996), Worcestershire (2002),
   Eastern England: Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire (2001), Essex (1996), Hertfordshire (1996), Lincolnshire (1996), Norfolk (2004), Suffolk (1996),
   South-east England: Kent , Greater London (1996), Surrey (1991),
   South-west England: Dorset (1996), Gloucestershire (1996), Isles of Scilly (1996),
   Wales: Carmarthen (1996), Clwyd (1996), Gwynedd (2002), Pembrokeshire (1996),
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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh: Llinos Bengoch yr Arctig
Danish: Hvidsisken Dutch: Witstuitbarmsijs
Finnish: Tundraurpiainen French: Sizerin blanchâtre
German: Polarbirkenzeisig Hungarian: Szürke zsezse
Icelandic: Hrímtittlingur Irish:
Italian: Organetto artico Norwegian: Polarsisik
Polish: Czeczotka tundrowa Portuguese: Pintarrôxo de Hornemann
Spanish: Pardillo ártico Swedish: Snösiska
Local Names: Hoary Redpoll
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
   Newton, I. 1972 The finches Collins, London [598.982 NEW]
See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
Wikipedia entry
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.21, Jun 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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