redpoll

A noun referring to a small finch with a red crown, and in some varieties a rosy breast and rump, typically found in northern regions.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa a un pequeño pájaro de la familia de los fringílidos, con una mancha roja en la cabeza y, en algunas variedades, con pecho y obispillo rosados, que suele habitar en regiones septentrionales.

1. Common Redpoll B2 formal

   A small finch with a red patch on its forehead, a streaked brown body, and a small yellow bill.

   • A flock of redpolls visited the bird feeder during the winter.
   • The common redpoll is known for its distinctive red crown.
   • We spotted a redpoll foraging for seeds in the birch tree.

   🇪🇸Pardillo común

2. Lesser Redpoll B2 formal british

   A small finch with a red forehead, a rosy pink breast and rump, and a streaked brown back.

   • The lesser redpoll has a beautiful rosy breast during the breeding season.
   • Birdwatchers often confuse the lesser redpoll with the common redpoll.
   • We observed a lesser redpoll feeding on alder catkins.

   🇪🇸Pardillo sizerín

• redpolls plural form
• redpolls' possessive plural form
• redpoll's possessive singular form