Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Acanthis [flammea, cabaret or hornemanni] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Carduelis carduelis x Acanthis hornemanni (hybrid)
• Acanthis [flammea x hornemanni] (hybrid)
• Acanthis [flammea or hornemanni] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Azerbaijani: tundra birəbitdəni
Belarusian: Попельная чачотка, Чачотка попельная
Bulgarian: Арктическа скатия, Полярна скатия
Breton: Lineg an toundra
Catalan: Passerel carpoblanc, passerell àrtic, Passerell carpó-blanc, Passerell de bec groc
Valencian: Passerell de bec groc
Montenegrin: polarna juričica, поларна јуричица
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): поларна јуричица
Cree: otseechumsees
Cree, Plains: otseechumsees
Czech: Čečetka bělavá, Čečetka bìlavá, èeèetka bìlavá
Welsh: Llinos bengoch yr Arctig, Llinos lwydwen
Danish: Hvidsisken
German: Fahl-Birkenzeisig, Hornemanns Zeisig, Polarbirkenzeisig, Polar-Birkenzeisig, Polarzeisig
Greek: Αρκτικόσπιζα, Χιονόσπιζα
English: Arctic, Arctic Redpoll, Greenland Redpoll, Hoary Redpoll, Hornemann's Redpoll, Mealy Redpoll, Pale redpoll, Tundra Redpoll
English (United Kingdom): Arctic Redpoll
English, HBW: Redpoll (Hoary)
English (IOC): Arctic Redpoll
English (United States): Hoary Redpoll
Esperanto: Arkta flamkardelo, siberia flamkardelo
Spanish: Pardillo Ártico, Pardillo de Hornemann, Pardillo sizerín
Spanish (Spain): Pardillo Ártico
Spanish (HBW): Pardillo ártico
Estonian: Hele-urvalind
Basque: Hornemann txoka
Finnish: Tundraurpiainen
Faroese: Reyðskalla, reyðskalli
French: Sizerin blanchâtre, Sizerin Hornemann
Friulian: sverzûl artic
Frisian: Wytgatstienbarmke
Irish: Deargéadan artach
Galician: Liñaceiro de Hornemann
Manx: Kione-jiarg Arctagh
Hebrew: תפוחית צפונית
Croatian: Polarna juričica
Hungarian: Szürke zsezse
Icelandic: Hrímtittlingur
Italian: Organetto artico, Organetto pallido
Inuktitut: Orpimmiutaq avannarleq, Sakoariak
Japanese (romaji): ko beni hiwa, kobenihiwa, Kobeni-hiwa
Japanese: コベニヒウァ, コベニヒワ
Japanese (Kanji): 小紅鶸
Mongolian, Halh: шунхан зулай, шунхан зулайт бужирга, шунхан цэгцүүхэй
Kazakh: Күл шекілдек
Kazakh (Transliteration): kül şekildek
Greenlandic: Orpimmiutaq avannarleq, Orpimmiutaq qaqortaq, Sakoariak
Korean: 쇠홍방울새
Korean (Transliteration): soe-hong-bangul-sae
Kirghiz: боз кызыл төш
Scientific: Acanthis flammea hornemanni, Acanthis hornemanni, Acanthis hornemanni hornemanni, Acanthis hornemannii, Carduelis hornemanni, Carduelis hornemanni hornemanni, Linota hornemanni
Limburgish: Sjteinkneuter
Lithuanian: Arktinis čimčiakas, Poliarinis cimciakas, Poliarinis čimčiakas, Tundrinis čimčiakas
Latvian: Gaišais ķeģis
Macedonian: Арктичко конопарче
Mongolian: умарт сарт бялзуухай, Шунхан зулай, Шунхан зулайт бужирга, Шунхан цэгцүүхэй
Mongolian (Transliteration): shuŋkhaŋ tsegtsüükhei, shuŋkhaŋ zulait bujirag
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): умарт сарт бялзуухай
Dutch: Witstuitbar sijs, Witstuitbarmsijs
Norwegian Nynorsk: Polarsisik
Norwegian: Polarsisik
Polish: Czeczotka blada, Czeczotka polarna, czeczotka tundrowa
Pinyin: guīnílán zhù diǎn hóng, jí běi zhū-dǐng-què
Portuguese: pintaroxo de hornemann, Pintarroxo de Hornemann, Pintarrôxo de Hornemann, Pintarroxo-boreal, Pintarrôxo-boreal
Portuguese (Portugal): Pintarroxo-boreal
Rhaeto-Romance: Zaisch da laresch alv
Romanian: Inăriță de tundră, Inăriţă de tundră
Russian: Пепельная чечетка, Пепельная чечётка, Тундровая чечетка, Тундряная чечетка, Тундрянная чечетка, Чечетка пепельная, Чечетка тундряная
Yakut: хаар чооруоһа, хаар чыычааҕа
Northern Sami: Seallecizš, Vilgesummolcizáš
Slovak: polárny belavý, Stehlâk belavý, Stehlâk polárny, stehlík belavý, stehlík polárny
Slovenian: polarni brezovcek, polarni brezovček
Albanian: Kërpëza e bardheme
Serbian: Polarna juričica, Poljarna juričica, Пољарна jуричица
Swedish: Snösiska
Turkish: kutup isketesi, Kutup İsketesi, Күл шекілдек
Tatar: тундра чечете
Tuvinian: Соңгу-чүк чечётказы, соңгу-чүк чечѐтказы
Ukrainian: Біла чечітка, Чечітка біла
Chinese: 圭尼兰贮点红, 极北朱顶雀
Chinese (Traditional): 北極朱頂雀, 圭尼蘭貯點紅, 極北朱頂雀