red cap, brown-streaked flanks (Alaska, USA; 2009-05-07)
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Common Redpoll
Carduelis flammea
Native Range: North America and Eurasia
Notes:
a small, fuffy, brown-streaked finch of high latitudes across North America and Eurasia; inhabits weedy fields as well as willow and birch thickets; only modest sexual dimorphism, with the breeding male being brighter than female.
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