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Redpoll Acanthis flammea

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Acanthis flammea (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously placed in the genus Carduelis following Ottvall et al. (2002).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2013	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	13 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	61,700,000 km²	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	86,700,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	50000000-149999999 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2012
Population trend	decreasing	-	estimated	-
Generation length	4.5 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The European population is estimated at 6,070,000-14,500,000 pairs, which equates to 12,100,000-29,000,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). Europe forms c.20% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 60,500,000-145,000,000 mature individuals, although further validation of this estimate is needed.

Trend justification: C. f. flammea species has undergone a large and statistically significant decrease over the last 40 years in North America (-77% decline over 40 years, equating to a -30.7% decline per decade; data from Breeding Bird Survey and/or Christmas Bird Count. In Europe the population size is estimated to be fluctuating (BirdLife International 2015).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Australia	extant	introduced		yes
Austria	extant	native	yes
Azerbaijan	extant	native
Bahamas	extant	vagrant
Belarus	extant	native			yes
Belgium	extant	native	yes
Bermuda (to UK)	extant	vagrant
Bosnia and Herzegovina	extant	vagrant
Bulgaria	extant	native			yes
Canada	extant	native		yes		yes
China (mainland)	extant	native
Croatia	extant	vagrant
Cyprus	extant	vagrant
Czechia	extant	native	yes
Denmark	extant	native	yes			yes
Estonia	extant	native			yes
Faroe Islands (to Denmark)	extant	native	yes
Finland	extant	native	yes			yes
France	extant	native	yes
Germany	extant	native	yes			yes
Greenland (to Denmark)	extant	native	yes
Hungary	extant	native			yes
Iceland	extant	native	yes
Ireland	extant	native	yes
Italy	extant	native	yes
Jamaica	extant	vagrant
Japan	extant	native
Kazakhstan	extant	native		yes
Latvia	extant	native			yes
Liechtenstein	extant	native	yes
Lithuania	extant	native			yes
Luxembourg	extant	native			yes
Malta	extant	vagrant
Moldova	extant	native			yes
Mongolia	extant	native
Montenegro	extant	native
Netherlands	extant	native	yes
New Zealand	extant	introduced		yes
North Korea	extant	native
Norway	extant	native	yes
Poland	extant	native	yes			yes
Portugal	extant	vagrant
Romania	extant	native	yes
Russia	extant	native	yes	yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (European)	extant	native	yes
Serbia	extant	native
Slovakia	extant	native	yes
Slovenia	extant	native	yes
South Korea	extant	native
Spain	extant	native			yes
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France)	extant	native	yes			yes
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)	extant	native		yes
Sweden	extant	native	yes
Switzerland	extant	native	yes
Türkiye	extant	vagrant
Ukraine	extant	native			yes
United Kingdom	extant	native	yes
USA	extant	native		yes
Uzbekistan	extant	native

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Finland	Kevo
Sweden	Tavvavouma

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Boreal	major	breeding
Forest	Boreal	major	non-breeding
Forest	Temperate	major	breeding
Forest	Temperate	major	non-breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Climate change & severe weather

Habitat shifting & alteration

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Future

Whole (>90%)

Unknown

Stresses
Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Redpoll Acanthis flammea. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/redpoll-acanthis-flammea on 26/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/12/2024.