#0704 · 🐦 birds
Redpoll
🇳🇱 Barmsijs ·Acanthis flammea
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- 1. © Bill Bouton · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?
The common redpoll ( Acanthis flammea ) is a species of bird in the finch family. It breeds somewhat further south than the Arctic redpoll, also in habitats with thickets or shrubs.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 152 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 46,417 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Redpoll
- Nederlands
- Barmsijs
- scientific name
- Acanthis flammea
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Fringillidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 152
- sightings in Europe
- 18,693
- sightings worldwide
- 46,417
- GBIF records in NL
- 37,915
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Fringillidae
#0553 📷 8Common Chaffinch
🇳🇱 Vink
Fringilla coelebs
LC 👀 2.8k in NL
#0585 📷 10European Goldfinch
🇳🇱 Putter
Carduelis carduelis
LC 👀 1.2k in NL
#0597 📷 10Eurasian Linnet
🇳🇱 Kneu
Linaria cannabina
LC 👀 945 in NL
#0614 📷 10European Greenfinch
🇳🇱 Groenling
Chloris chloris
LC 👀 617 in NL
#0651 📷 10Hawfinch
🇳🇱 Appelvink
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
LC 👀 293 in NL
#0668 📷 7Brambling
🇳🇱 Keep
Fringilla montifringilla
LC 👀 230 in NL
#0674 📷 7Eurasian Siskin
🇳🇱 Sijs
Spinus spinus
LC 👀 215 in NL
#0679 📷 10Eurasian Bullfinch
🇳🇱 Goudvink
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
LC 👀 210 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 145300, Wikidata Q20754771, GBIF 5231630, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.