A redpoll enjoying a snack

Common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Skaftafell, South Iceland. Sep 30th, 2019

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Patomarazul

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So beautiful! Posted 5 years ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
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  Thanks! They're very common in Iceland, but usually you encounter them in busy flocks that move seemingly without ever stopping. But this one was enjoying his food, so I was able to get reasonably close without him taking off. Posted 5 years ago

The RedPoll

The redpoll is a species of small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Acanthis''. It breeds in the Arctic and north temperate Holarctic tundra and taiga. The redpoll was formerly widely treated as three species: the common or mealy redpoll, the arctic or hoary redpoll , and the lesser redpoll .

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Similar species: Perching Birds

Species identified by Thibaud Aronson

By Thibaud Aronson

Uploaded Oct 8, 2019. Captured Sep 30, 2019 14:57 in Svartifoss Trail, Iceland.

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Canon EOS 7D Mark II
f/10.0
1/1579s
ISO800
560mm

Captured in the fall. More fall photos.