Separation Of Lesser And Mealy Redpoll

Lesser and Mealy Redpoll in hand, Aberdeenshire, November 2010 (Chris Jones)

Continuing my run of identification papers on Redpolls, I hereby present this further resumé on the identification of LESSER and MEALY REDPOLLS for perusal.

To clarify the current position of the UK400 Club and British Birding Association, FIVE Redpoll species are presently recognised for the Western Palearctic Region -:

LESSER REDPOLL Carduelis cabaret – occurring in the British Isles discontinuously eastwards through southern Norway, Denmark, Belgium, northern France, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Switzerland.

MEALY REDPOLL Carduelis flammea – occurring in a broad band across Scandinavia, the Baltic Republics south to East Germany and Poland, across Russia and former Soviet states, Kamchatka,  Mongolia,  Amurland, Ussuriland and perhaps across to Alaska and northern Canada.

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