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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
The appearance of this hardy little circumpolar finch heralds our winter season. Biennial variation in conifer and birch seed production is a suspected influence of irruptions to the south. High Common Redpoll populations in the north could also exacerbate a low seed crop situation, triggering southward migrations (Hochachka et al. 1999). Breeds across the Arctic from Alaska to Labrador.
Breed in the shrubby deciduous and coniferous growth of the subarctic and northern boreal region in the extreme north of the province (Smith 1996). In winter in boreal and parkland regions Common Redpolls eat the seeds of conifers, birch, and alder. In settled regions they feed in grain fields on canola and flax; along roadsides on weed seeds including goldenrod, dock, various thistles, lamb's quarters, pigweed, ragweed, and shrubby cinquefoil; and in backyard feeders on sunola , canola, flax, or nyjer seed, and even crabapples and suet.
The Common Redpoll is an uncommon summer resident in the subarctic and adjacent fringe of the northern boreal region. On occasion it has bred in southern Saskatchewan. It is a common but irregular winter resident throughout Saskatchewan (Smith 1996); numbers and distribution vary tremendously.
Original text by Orval Beland. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Common Redpoll in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Redpoll (flammea) in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=CORE&lang=en [14 Nov 2025]
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