Hoary redpoll Carduelis hornemanni

Identification Tips:

• Length: 5 inches
• Conical bill
• Red forehead
• Black chin
• Gray back with black streaks
• Unstreaked rump
• Pale underparts with faintly streaked sides and flanks
• Forked tail
• Male has pink breast

Similar species:

The Hoary Redpoll is very similar to the Common Redpoll but has an unstreaked rump and a smaller bill.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.