Listen to the common redpoll
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About the common redpoll
The common redpoll is a bird in the family Fringillidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 23 cm.
What does the common redpoll sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call, flight call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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).
More from the family Fringillidae
European goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
Eurasian bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Eurasian chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Common linnet
Linaria cannabina
Eurasian siskin
Spinus spinus
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
European greenfinch
Chloris chloris
Red crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
Common rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinus
European serin
Serinus serinus
Two-barred crossbill
Loxia leucoptera
Frequently asked questions
What does a common redpoll sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the common redpoll on this page, including its call, flight call and song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the common redpoll endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the common redpoll as “least concern”.
What family does the common redpoll belong to?
The common redpoll (Acanthis flammea) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Dordt College Prairie, Sioux, IA, United States by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call, flight call, song · "the Fen", near Churchill Northern Studies Centre… by Doug Hynes – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q20754771 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Redpoll – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Jyrki Salmi from Finland – CC BY-SA 2.0