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14-01-2009, 05:47 PM
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| | | Redpoll or Subspecies?
Excuse the snapshot please - is this Carduelis flammea or does the yellow beak and whiter underside suggest Carduelis flammea flammea?
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14-01-2009, 06:07 PM
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Redpoll - Carduelis flammea nice pic by the way
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14-01-2009, 06:11 PM
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Lesser Redpoll, Carduelis cabaret ( formerly C. flammea cabaret). |
15-01-2009, 05:42 AM
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Thank you very much!
The Carduelis cabaret doesn't get a mention in my two books
but I am sure that the beak and colouring are in line with the
nice examples shown in the Gallery.
I hope that they like the Nyger feeder and decide to return. |
15-01-2009, 06:35 PM
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A male appeared today   |
15-01-2009, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by WestLothian  Thank you very much!
The Carduelis cabaret doesn't get a mention in my two books
but I am sure that the beak and colouring are in line with the
nice examples shown in the Gallery.
I hope that they like the Nyger feeder and decide to return. | There have been recent changes in redpoll taxonomy, but the bird now known as Lesser Redpoll-C. cabaret is the resident bird in the UK + the one most likely to be encountered. |
15-01-2009, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 There have been recent changes in redpoll taxonomy, but the bird now known as Lesser Redpoll-C. cabaret is the resident bird in the UK + the one most likely to be encountered. | which I find most frustrating and which means I may always be confused about redpolls   |
15-01-2009, 09:31 PM
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Thanks for the clarification.
Is the yellow bill a significant identification help? |
16-01-2009, 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by WestLothian Thanks for the clarification.
Is the yellow bill a significant identification help? | No I don't think so, I might be wrong, but the bills look very similar to me.
Tracey |
17-01-2009, 02:33 PM
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