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Brambling
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Bird · Fringillidae

Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla

Bird call

© Ulf Elman / XC1149029 / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Facts

Habitat
Boreal birch and conifer forest (breeding); Beech woodland (wintering)
IUCN status
LC (Least Concern)
Wingspan
~26 cm
Brambling plumage
Plumage · (c) E. A., some rights reserved (CC BY)

Ecological relationships

Feeds on

  • European BeechFagus sylvatica

    Brambling 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).