BirdFringillidae
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
- Habitat
- Boreal birch and conifer forest (breeding); Beech woodland (wintering)
- IUCN status
- LCLeast Concern
- Wingspan
- ~26 cm
Ecological relationships
Feeds on
European BeechFagus sylvaticaBrambling flocks irrupt in millions across central Europe in Beech mast years, then largely absent in poor mast years. One of the most dramatic examples of nomadic irruption tied to a single food source in the Western Palearctic (Jenni 1987).