Common Redpoll

Description:

"Adult Description:: -A very small finch. -Bill small and conical. -Chin black. -Forehead red. Male Description:: Crown bright red. Chin and lores black. Upperparts dark with pale edges; edges wear off through spring. Wings and tail blackish-brown. Wingbars broad and white. Lower back and rump paler and less streaked than upper back. Rump, cheeks and breast red or pink. Flanks with lines of dark streaks. Undertail coverts usually with dark centers and broad pale edges. Rest of underparts white or buffy. Female Description:: Similar to male, but darker and streakier. Little or no red, except on crown. Immature Description:: Immature male resembles adult female." ~allaboutbirds.org