Editing Redpoll (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
The range of the redpoll extends through northern Europe and Asia to northern North America, Greenland and Iceland. It is a [[Bird migration|partial migrant]], moving southward in late autumn and northward again in March and April. Its typical habitat is [[Taiga|boreal forest]]s of [[pine]]s, [[spruce]]s and [[larch]]es. It feeds mainly on seeds, principally [[birch]] and [[alder]] seeds in the winter.<ref name=NatureGate/> 

Redpolls, subspecies ''A. f. cabaret'', were introduced into New Zealand between 1862 and 1875. They are now found throughout both the North and South Islands as well as on many outlying islands.<ref name="NZ">{{cite web |title=Common Redpoll |url=https://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/common-redpoll |website=New Zealand Birds Online |access-date=27 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | editor1-last=Higgins | editor1-first=P.J. | editor2-last=Peter | editor2-first=J.M. | editor3-last=Cowling | editor3-first=S.J. | year=2006 | chapter=''Carduelis flammea'' Common Redpoll | title=Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds | volume=7, Boatbill to Starlings; Part 7B, Dunnock to Starling | location=Melbourne, Victoria | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=978-0-19-553996-7 | pages=1345-1355 | chapter-url=https://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/assets/95597/1691919106-353_common-20redpoll.pdf }}</ref>