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BramblingAlternate name(s): "Mountain Finch", "Cock o' the North" ![]() Size: 14-16 cm Weight: 17-30 g |
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See Brambling
at Wikipedia |
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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MALE |
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BREEDING |
Near-frontal view of a male Brambling in breeding
plumage;
note the black head and bill - the greyish parts may
indicate that it is starting to moult into its non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Skjervoy, near Tromso, Norway, June 2018]
Near-dorsal view of a male Brambling moulting into breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, February 2020]
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NON-BREEDING |
Near-frontal view of a Brambling in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, March 2020]
Near-frontal view of a Brambling in non-breeding
plumage
with its crest erected
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, March 2020]
Near-lateral view of a Brambling in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, March 2020]
Lateral view of a Brambling in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, March 2020]
Lateral view of a Brambling in non-breeding
plumage
with its crest erected
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, March 2020]
Lateral view of a male Brambling in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of S. Cuturilov)
[Vlasina Lake, Serbia, October 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a male Brambling in non-breeding
plumage;
note the scalloping on the back and the grey around
the nape of the neck
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Skjervoy, near Tromso, Norway, June 2018]
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FEMALE |
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NON-BREEDING |
Frontal view of a female Brambling in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, March 2020]
Lateral view of a female Brambling in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, March 2020]
Lateral view of a female Brambling in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of S. Cuturilov)
[Vlasina Lake, Serbia, October 2019]
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PAIR |
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NON-BREEDING |
Lateral view of a pair of Bramblings in non-breeding
plumage,
male in front
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, November 2021]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Near-lateral view of a juveile(?) Brambling; note
the spots on the lower flanks, which identify the
species, but the dark bill and greyish head, which
are inconsistent with a female
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, March 2020]
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Behaviour |
In some years Bramblings form enormous flocks, with numbers ranging in the millions reported e.g. in 2009.
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Food, Diet |
Distant view of Bramblings in a mixed flock of
sparrows and finches
feeding in a fallow irrigated peanut field; male in
non-breeding plumage
on the left, female on the right [with the off-white front]
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Coruche, Santarem, Portugal, January 2019]