Redpole
or REDPOLL, in ornithology, a popular name for two species of the genus Linota, found both in the United States and in Europe, from the glossy blood red hue of the space from the forehead to behind the eyes. The mealy redpole, L. canescens, is larger than the lesser redpole, L. linaria, of which it has been regarded by some ornithologists as a race or variety.