Redpoll
Acanthis flammea· 燕雀科(3 photos)
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Redpoll
11.5 - 14 cm. Grey-brown upperparts with black streaks; underparts pale grey with dark grey streaks; short, finch-like yellow bill, black forehead and bib, red or orange fore-crown; white wing bar, pale rump with dark streaks, tail forked. Breeding male: deep pink breast. Non-breeding male, female, juvenile: buffish sides to breast. Juvenile lacks red fore-crown. Energetic, restless.
- Voice
- Sharp 'chit-chit-chit' in flight.
- Habitat
- Open forest, brush, grassland, dunes.
- Nest
- Nest of twigs, grasses, lined with feathers, fur, 10cm in diameter in shrub
- Eggs
- 2-7, blue-green with purple spots.
- Range & Status
- Introduced New Zealand. Self-introduced Lord Howe and Macquarie Is.
