Common and hoary redpolls are 2 closely related finches of the boreal forest and Arctic tundra scrub. The common is the more widespread species of the 2, usually inhabiting subarctic forest during the ...

This week, birders around the world lost one beloved feathered creature from their birding life list. Fortunately, no species went extinct. Instead, this change resolved a long-held misunderstanding ...

New research from CU Boulder confirms that there are not, in fact, multiple species of Redpoll Finches, as previously thought For birders struggling to figure out what kind of Redpoll they’re watching ...

FAIRBANKS - They arrive as a mass. They eat as a mass. They scatter as a mass. They leave no room for others. They are redpolls. And they are the piranhas of your bird seed tray. The Fairbanks area ...

Its name, at least in Yakima, is a misnomer. The common redpoll is anything but common in these parts. It can be a routine, ho-hum sighting for any birder espying a common redpoll in Alaska, northern ...

As winter settles in, people watching their birdfeeders hope to catch a glimpse of something out of the ordinary — perhaps a visitor from the Far North. Nothing satisfies this desire like the bubbly ...