Hoary Redpoll, plate by John James Audubon
Audubon, Birds of America, plate 400, as “Mealy Red-poll”, with other birds
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Hoary Redpoll

Acanthis hornemanni
“As of last year, this report has grown to include detailed forecasts for eight irruptive finch species, including Purple Finches, Pine Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls, Hoary Redpolls Red Crossbills, White-winged Crossbills, Pine Siskins and Evening Grosbeaks.”
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Oct 21, 2020

As of last year, this report has grown to include detailed forecasts for eight irruptive finch species, including Purple Finches, Pine Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls, Hoary Redpolls Red Crossbills, White-winged Crossbills, Pine Siskins and Evening Grosbeaks.

Nov 3, 2021

A solid spruce and hemlock crop throughout central Ontario to the southern Maritimes (Nova Scotia) will also keep Red Crossbills, Common and Hoary Redpolls, along with Pine Siskins largely within their northerly haunts this season.

Oct 19, 2022

In recent birding news, according to the 2022-2023 Winter Finch Forecast this fall and winter look to be a promising flight year for several species of boreal finch including, Common and Hoary Redpolls, Pine Grosbeaks and the elusive Evening Grosbeak.

Oct 23, 2024

Lastly, in recent birding news, the American Ornithological Society has determined that the Common Redpoll and Hoary Redpoll are a single species, hence forward referred to as simply Redpoll.