Acanthis hornemanni Status: Rare casual winter visitor statewide. Documentation: Photograph: 5 Feb 1982 Ames, Dodge Co (Bray et al 1986). Taxonomy: Gill et al (2022) refer to this species as Arctic Redpoll. A recent proposal to AOU to lump the redpolls, including Common and Hoary Redpolls has not yet been voted upon (AOU 2016), but […]
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Serinus canaria Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Clement (2020) refers to this species as Island Canary. No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Comments: Cage birds are derived from birds native to the Canary Islands, Azores, and Madeira and usually lack back streaking due to selection by aficionados. A population is established in Hawaii […]