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Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla

Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Brambling, photographed by Pierre Dalous

Photo: Pierre Dalous · Wikimedia · CC-BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

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Call and song

About the Brambling

Distinctive and handsome orange-breasted finch. Note black head of males (solid in breeding season, patchy in non-breeding) and gray-and-brown head of females. Complex wing patterns and white rump patches create a wondrous show when a flock rises up in flight. Breeds in northern woodlands, especially in and around birches; winters in varied wooded habitats (especially with beech trees), semiopen country, and farmland with hedges; sometimes visits gardens and parks with feeders or fruiting trees. Song is surprising and almost ugly for such a well-marked finch, a strange ringing buzz: “eerRRRRNnnn.” Gives a rising “qweee”, a higher-pitchd “tsi, tsi”, and various twittering and nasal flock calls.

Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made

Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 95 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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