Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus, 1758

Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla, is a finch of the Palearctic, breeding widely from northern Europe across Russia, northern Kazakhstan, north-west Mongolia and on to the Russian Far East. Outside the breeding season it moves south to Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, the north-west Himalayas, eastern China, the Korean Peninsula and Japan from Hokkaido to Kyushu. It is a migratory bird and can gather in very large flocks. Linnaeus named it in 1758. It belongs to the family Fringillidae and is also known as the mountain finch and cock o’ the north.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias

Breeding range

Palearctic: widespread, n Europe through Russia, n Kazakhstan, nw Mongolia to Russian Far East

Nonbreeding range

to s Europe, n Africa, Middle East, nw Himalayas, e China, Korean Pen. and Hokkaido to Kyushu (Japan)