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Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla

The Brambling is a colorful bird with orange and black feathers. They love to eat seeds and can often be seen in flocks during winter, making them a cheerful sight in the snowy landscape.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Brambling is a striking medium-sized finch. Breeding males have a shiny black head and back with a bright orange chest and shoulders, contrasting with a white belly and rump. Females and winter males are duller, showing grey-brown heads but keeping the distinct orange wash and white rump.

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Brambling
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Brambling

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Seltenheit

Common

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Interessante Fakten

Bramblings love to eat beech nuts, especially during the cold winter months.

In winter, Bramblings can gather in super-flocks of millions of birds!

Male Bramblings have a striking black head only during their summer breeding season!

Their scientific name means 'mountain finch', referring to their preference for high places.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Seed Cracker Power

Brambling has a strong, conical beak that helps them crack open tough seeds and nuts, like beech mast.

Fähigkeit

Migration Master

Brambling can fly thousands of kilometers between breeding and wintering grounds, helping them find food year-round.

Fähigkeit

Winter Forager

Brambling can easily find hidden seeds and insects under snow because of their sharp eyesight and foraging skills.

Maße und Details

Länge
14-16 cm
Flügelspannweite
25-28 cm
Gewicht
0.017-0.03 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-8 Jahre
Top Speed
60 km/h
Gelegegröße
5-7
Brutzeit
11-12 Tage
Zugstrecke
4000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

They mostly eat seeds and insects, switching depending on the season and what's available.

Altersunterschiede: Young birds eat more insects for growth; adults adapt their diet seasonally.

Hauptnahrung

  • Beech nuts
  • Birch seeds
  • Caterpillars
  • Beetles
  • Berries
  • Spiders

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

European Beech

Fagus sylvatica

Relies on nuts for winter food.

eaten by

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

A common avian predator.

eats

European Gypsy Moth

Lymantria dispar

Eats their caterpillars in summer.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

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Enjoy watching birds from a distance, and don't try to touch or catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Brambling?

14-16 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Brambling?

25-28 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Brambling?

0.017-0.03 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Brambling?

2-8 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Brambling?

60 km/h

Was frisst Brambling?

They mostly eat seeds and insects, switching depending on the season and what's available.

Wo findet man Brambling normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Brambling?

Foraging

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