Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds

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Scientific:
Acanthis flammea

Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Fringillidae
Genus:
Acanthis

Danish: Gråsisken

Greenlandic: Orpimmiutaq

Length: 4.7-5.5 in (12-14 cm)

Weight: 0.4-0.7 oz (11-20 g)

Wingspan: 7.5-8.7 in (19-22 cm)

Common Redpolls from Greenland are larger and darker than those breeding in Alaska and Canada.

Terje Kolaas, XC383642. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/383642.

References :

Knox, Alan G. and Peter E. Lowther. 2000. Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

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