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Redpoll vs Finch - What's the difference?

redpoll | finch |

As nouns the difference between redpoll and finch

is that redpoll is any of various finches in the genus Carduelis, which have characteristic red markings on their heads while finch is any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

As a verb finch is

to hunt for finches, to go finching.

As a proper noun Finch is

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redpoll

English

(wikipedia redpoll)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various finches in the genus Carduelis , which have characteristic red markings on their heads.
  • A redhead.

    • finch

    English

    (wikipedia finch)

    Noun

    (es)
  • Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

    • Derived terms

    * bullfinch * chaffinch * * * goldfinch * * greenfinch * hawfinch * * * * rosefinch * * *

    See also

    * brambling * canary * crossbill * redpoll * serin * siskin

    Verb

    (es)
  • To hunt for finches, to go finching.