Breeding adult female

• Common Redpoll Website Excellent information on the common redpoll, including photos and sound.
• Common Redpoll by enature.com
• Oriental Bird Images : Latest Contribution: "Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea - Male"

Small redpoll finch marked in China turns up in Sweden: Stockholm (AFP) Jan 12, 2005
"A redpoll finch, or carduelis flammea, bearing a ring with Chinese inscriptions has made a 'sensational' trip all the way to Sweden, a researcher at Sweden's Museum of Natural History said on Wednesday."  

Past News - links no longer valid

WCCO: Redpoll Finches Dying By The Thousands: "Mar 5, 2005 5:46 pm US/Central (WCCO) Thousands of redpoll finches are dying from salmonella this year, raising concern among bird lovers and wildlife experts."

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Health/Science: Experts baffled by finch die-off in Alaska: Monday, February 7, 2005 - Last updated 7:53 p.m. PT- FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- "An increasing number of redpolls are dying off in the Fairbanks area this winter, baffling wildlife biologists."