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Hoary Redpoll

Carduelis hornemanniOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Finches (Fringillidae)
Hoary Redpoll (exilipes) Winter Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Cone
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Capped, Streaked
  • Crown Color: Red
  • Forehead Color: Red
  • Nape Color: Buff-gray with brown streaks.
  • Throat Color: Black
  • Cere color: No Data
Hoary Redpoll (exilipes) Winter Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 22-23 cm (8.5-9.25 in)
  • Weight: 14 g (0.5 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: Red, Orange, White, Brown, Black
  • Underparts: White with brown streaking and washed in pink.
  • Upperparts: Buff-gray with brown streaking and white rump with brown streaking.
  • Back Pattern: Striped or streaked
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Hoary Redpoll (exilipes) Winter Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Swift bounding flight on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
  • Wingspan Range: 22-23 cm (8.5-9.25 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Black
  • Under Tail: Black
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family Buntings, Finches, Sparrows (Emberizidae)_blue
Species Carduelis hornemanni
Length8.5 - 9.25 Inches
Wingspan8.875 Inches

Hoary Redpoll

Hoary Redpoll: Small finch (exilipes), buff-gray, brown-streaked upperparts and brown-streaked white underparts washed pink. Head has red cap, black chin patch. Black wings with two white bars. Rump is pale gray or white with few or no streaks. Black tail is notched. Black legs and feet.

● Song: "zzzzzz-chee-chee-chee-chee", "tweet"

● Foraging & Feeding: Hoary Redpoll: Eats seeds and insects; forages on the ground and in bushes and trees.

● Breeding & nesting: Hoary Redpoll: Four to six green to blue green eggs spotted with red brown are laid in a nest made of twigs, grass, and rootlets, lined with soft grass, feathers and hair, and built in the middle of a low bush or on the ground sheltered by rocks or vegetation. Incubation ranges from 9 to 12 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Hoary Redpoll: Common Redpoll has conspicuous streaks on rump, flanks, and undertail coverts, heavier brown streaks on nape and upperparts, and slightly larger bill.

Flight Pattern

Swift bounding flight on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
Hoary Redpoll (exilipes) Winter Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Hoary Redpoll: Breeds along Arctic coasts, wandering southward in winter to much of Canada and northern U.S. Inhabits weedy pastures and roadsides in winter; stays on tundra in summer.
BreedingMonogamous, Semicolonial
PopulationFairly common
MigrationNorthern birds migrate
Weight0.5 Ounces