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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Fringillidae > Genus: Acanthis > Species: Acanthis flammea > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Acanthis flammea cabaret (P. L. Statius Müller, 1776)

Redpoll - Acanthis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Depleted
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 1 other international agreement
Natura 2000 sites	87 are designated for this species
Natura 2000 species code	A474

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
CY5000004	Cyprus	ETHNIKO DASIKO PARKO TROODOUS	Map
DE3540301	Germany	Große Freiheit bei Plaue	Map
DE5314303	Germany	NSG Krombachtalsperre	Map
DE5423302	Germany	Zeller Loch	Map
IT1110080	Italy	Val Troncea	Map
IT1160021	Italy	Gruppo del Tenibres	Map
IT2020301	Italy	Triangolo Lariano	Map
IT2020303	Italy	Valsolda	Map
IT2040003	Italy	Val Federia	Map
IT2040005	Italy	Valle della Forcola	Map
IT2040006	Italy	La Vallaccia - Pizzo Filone	Map
IT2040007	Italy	Passo e Monte di Foscagno	Map
IT2040011	Italy	Monte Vago - Val di Campo - Val Nera	Map
IT2040012	Italy	Val Viola Bormina - Ghiacciaio di Cima dei Piazzi	Map
IT2040016	Italy	Monte di Scerscen - Ghiacciai di Scerscen - Monte Motta	Map
IT2040017	Italy	Disgrazia - Sissone	Map
IT2040018	Italy	Val Codera	Map
IT2040019	Italy	Bagni di Masino - Pizzo Badile	Map
IT2040020	Italy	Val di Mello - Piano di Preda Rossa	Map
IT2040021	Italy	Val di Togno - Pizzo Scalino	Map
IT2040024	Italy	da Monte Belvedere a Vallorda	Map
IT2040027	Italy	Valle del Bitto di Gerola	Map
IT2040028	Italy	Valle del Bitto di Albaredo	Map
IT2040029	Italy	Val Tartano	Map
IT2040030	Italy	Val Madre	Map
IT2040031	Italy	Val Cervia	Map
IT2040032	Italy	Valle del Livrio	Map
IT2040033	Italy	Val Venina	Map
IT2040034	Italy	Valle d'Arigna e Ghiacciaio di Pizzo di Coca	Map
IT2040036	Italy	Val Belviso	Map
IT2040038	Italy	Val Fontana	Map
IT2040039	Italy	Val Zerta	Map
IT2040040	Italy	Val Bodengo	Map
IT2040044	Italy	Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio	Map
IT2060002	Italy	Valle di Piazzatorre - Isola di Fondra	Map
IT2060003	Italy	Alta Val Brembana - Laghi Gemelli	Map
IT2060004	Italy	Alta Val di Scalve	Map
IT2060005	Italy	Val Sedornia - Val Zurio - Pizzo della Presolana	Map
IT2060007	Italy	Valle Asinina	Map
IT2060009	Italy	Val Nossana - Cima di Grem	Map
IT2060304	Italy	Val di Scalve	Map
IT2070001	Italy	Torbiere del Tonale	Map
IT2070002	Italy	Monte Piccolo - Monte Colmo	Map
IT2070003	Italy	Val Rabbia e Val Galinera	Map
IT2070004	Italy	Monte Marser - Corni di Bos	Map
IT2070005	Italy	Pizzo Badile - Alta Val Zumella	Map
IT2070006	Italy	Pascoli di Crocedomini - Alta Val Caffaro	Map
IT2070007	Italy	Vallone del Forcel Rosso	Map
IT2070008	Italy	Cresta Monte Colombé e Cima Barbignaga	Map
IT2070009	Italy	Versanti dell'Avio	Map
IT2070010	Italy	Piz Olda - Val Malga	Map
IT2070012	Italy	Torbiere di Val Braone	Map
IT2070017	Italy	Valli di San Antonio	Map
IT2070021	Italy	Valvestino	Map
IT2070022	Italy	Corno della Marogna	Map
IT2070301	Italy	Foresta di Legnoli	Map
IT2070303	Italy	Val Grigna	Map
IT3120061	Italy	La Rocchetta	Map
IT3120092	Italy	Passo del Broccon	Map
IT3120104	Italy	Monte Baldo - Cima Valdritta	Map
IT3220036	Italy	Altopiano dei Sette Comuni	Map
IT3230071	Italy	Dolomiti di Ampezzo	Map
PLC120001	Poland	Tatry	Map
PLC140001	Poland	Puszcza Kampinoska	Map
IT2040403	Italy	Riserva Regionale Paluaccio di Oga	Map
IT2040601	Italy	Bagni di Masino - Pizzo Badile - Val di Mello - Val Torrone - Piano di Preda Rossa	Map
IT2040602	Italy	Valle dei Ratti - Cime di Gaiazzo	Map
IT2040401	Italy	Parco Regionale Orobie Valtellinesi	Map
IT3321001	Italy	Alpi Carniche	Map
IT2070401	Italy	Parco Naturale Adamello	Map
IT2070402	Italy	Alto Garda Bresciano	Map
IT2040402	Italy	Riserva Regionale Bosco dei Bordighi	Map
IT3120160	Italy	Lagorai	Map
CY2000006	Cyprus	DASOS PAFOU	Map
IT2060401	Italy	Parco Regionale Orobie Bergamasche	Map
ROSPA0107	Romania	Vânători-Neamț	Map
ROSPA0083	Romania	Munții Rarău - Giumalău	Map
ROSPA0062	Romania	Lacurile de acumulare de pe Argeș	Map
ROSPA0031	Romania	Delta Dunării și Complexul Razim - Sinoie	Map
IT3120173	Italy	Monte Baldo di Brentonico	Map
AT3301000	Austria	Hohe Tauern, Tirol	Map
AT3304000	Austria	Karwendel	Map
AT3305000	Austria	Ötztaler Alpen	Map
AT3210001	Austria	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg	Map
ROSPA0141	Romania	Subcarpații Vrancei	Map
PLB020010	Poland	Sudety Wałbrzysko-Kamiennogórskie	Map
PLC020001	Poland	Karkonosze	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies. (Carduelis flammea)		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (Carduelis flammea)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Barmsijs	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Birkenzeisig	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Czeczotka	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Gråsiska	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Organetto	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pardillo Sizerín	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pintarrôxo-de-queixo-preto	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Redpoll	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Sizerin flammé	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Urpiainen	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Zsezse	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
Carduelis flammea	(Linnaeus, 1758)

Other resources

Fauna Europaea search	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (invalid)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information

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