Brambling - Fringilla montifringilla

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Common Name : Brambling
Scientific Name : Fringilla montifringilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Fringillidae
Taxonomic Group : Passeriformes - Fringillidae ( Siskins, Crossbills and allies )

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Taxonomy

Clements Checklist of Birds of the World 6.4 December 2009 Updated

Common Name : Brambling
Scientific Name : Fringilla montifringilla
Order : Passeriformes Family : Fringillidae (Siskins, Crossbills, and Allies)
Range : N Eurasia; winters Mediterranean region and s Asia

This Species is Monotypic, No Subspecies

Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World 2006

3rd Edition, 2003. Revised and Corrected per Corrigenda to December 31, 2006

Common Name : Brambling
Scientific Name : Fringilla montifringilla
SubFamily : Fringillinae

This Species is Monotypic, No Subspecies

IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2)

IOC Common Name : Brambling
IOC Scientific Name : Fringilla montifringilla

Distribution :
Region : EU Range : widespread, also n Africa
Order : PASSERIFORMES Family : Fringillidae
Category : Finches

A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan

SYNOPIS NO : 1980

Scientific Name: Fringilla montifringilla
Common Name: Brambling

Birdlife International Checklist Ver 3 June 2010

Common Name : Brambling
Scientific Name : Fringilla montifringilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Birdlife Synonym :

BirdLife Redlist Status Year 2010: LC
BirdLife Species FactSheet for Brambling ( Fringilla montifringilla )

Taxonomy Treatment : R

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

IUCN Common Name (Eng) : Brambling
Scientific Name : Fringilla montifringilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
French Name : Pinson Du Nord
IUCN Redlist Species FactSheet for Brambling ( Fringilla montifringilla )

Species : montifringilla
Genus : Fringilla
Family : Fringillidae Order : Passeriformes

IUCN RedList Status : LC

IUCN RedList Criteria Version : 3.1
IUCN RedList Year Assessed : 2008
IUCN RedList Petitioned : N

Oriental Bird Club Checklist Draft Novemebr 2009

Family : FRINGILLIDAE

Scientific Name : Fringilla montifringilla
Common Name : Brambling

Bibliography

Bibliography of Brambling ( Fringilla montifringilla )
Number of Results found : 100

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1. Glue, D. , (2009 (2007-2008)), Brambling and Siskin - Early at Winter Birdtables, Bird Populations Journal, 9: 228 - 231.

2. Nilsson ALK;Alerstam T;Nilsson JA;Holberton RL; , (2006), DO PARTIAL AND REGULAR MIGRANTS DIFFER IN THEIR RESPONSES TO WEATHER?, The Auk, 123:2: 537 - 547.

3. Craig Robson , (2005), Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), BIRDS OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA; New Holland Publishers Ltd, : 139.

4. OLAV HOGSTAD , (2005), Numerical and functional responses of breeding passerine species to mass occurrence of geometrid caterpillars in a subalpine birch forest: a 30-year study, Ibis, 147:1: 77 - 91.

5. RF Porter; S.Christensen; P.Schiermacker-Hansen , (2004), Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), BIRDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST; Poyser, : 206.

6. Hellgren O; Waldenstrom J; Bensch S , (2004), A new PCR assay for simultaneous studies of Leucocytozoon, Plasmodium, and Haemoproteus from avian blood., Journal of Parasitology, 90: 797 - 802.

7. David Allen Sibley; Rick Cech , (2003), Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America; Knopf, : 450.

8. David Allen Sibley; Rick Cech , (2003), Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America; Knopf, 1st Edition: 413.

9. Stephen J. Browne and Chris J. Mead , (2003), Age and sex composition, biometrics, site fidelity and origin of Brambling Fringilla montifringilla wintering in Norfolk, England, Ringing & Migration, 21:3: 145.

10. Rintoul DA , (2003), 2002 Report of the Kansas Bird Records Committee., Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin, 54: 39 - 42.

11. Eduardo DE JUANA and COMITÃ� DE RAREZAS DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPAÃ�OLA DE ORNITOLOGÃ�A , (2002), Report on rare birds in Spain in 2000, Ardeola, 49:1: 141 - 171.

12. Shigemoto Komeda ; Yasuo Ueki , (2002), Long Term Monitoring of Migratory Birds at Otayama Banding Station (1973-1996), Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 34:1: 96 - 111.

13. David Glue , (2001-2002), BRAMBLINGS AND BULLFINCHES BRIGHTEN LATE WINTER BIRDTABLES, Bird Populations Journal, 6: .

14. Joseph Kren , (2001), Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), BIRDS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC; Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, : 244.

15. Jorgensen, J. G. , (2001), 1999 (Eleventh) Report of the NOU Records Committee., Nebraska Bird Review, 69: 85 - 91.

16. Alekseev, A. N., H. V. Dubinina, A. V. Semenov, C. V. Bolshakov. , (2001), Evidence of ehrlichiosis agents found in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from migratory birds., JournalÂ of MedicalÂ Entomology, 38: 471 - 474.

17. Hanisek, G., J. Hough, M. Szantyr. , (2001), Tenth report of the Avian Records of Connecticut., Connecticut Warbler, 21: 43 - 61.

18. Halmos GergÄ¹Â� Ä�Å s CsÄ�Å�rgÄ¹Â� Tibor , (2000), Migration and wintering of finches (Fringillidae) in the Charpatian Basin on the basis of foreign recoveries, Ornis Hungarica, 10: 149.

19. RS Kennedy; PC Gozales; EC Dickinson; HC Miranda Jr; TH Fisher , (2000), Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE PHILIPPINES; Oxford University Press, USA, : 72.

20. Woo-Shin Lee; Tae-Hoe Koo; Jin-Young Park , (2000), Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF KOREA; LG Evergreen Foundation,Korea, : .

21. Krys Kazmierczak; Ber van Perlo , (2000), Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT; Yale University Press, : 294.

22. Dinsmore, S. J. , (2000), First record of a Brambling for Nebraska., Nebraska Bird Review, 68: 8 - 9.

23. Szantyr, M. S. , (2000), Brambling: an overdue addition to the Birds of Connecticut., Connecticut Warbler, 20: 81 - 165.

24. G. Halmos & T. CsÄ�Å�rgÄ¹ , (1999), Migration and wintering of Finches (Fringillidae) in the Charpathian Basin based on ringing recoveries, Ornis Hungarica, 8-9: 1.

25. Salim Ali; S Dillon RipleyÂ , (1999), No. 1980. Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla ) Linnaeus, Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Volume 10 (Flowerpeckers to Buntings ): 128.

26. K.Mullarney; L.Svensson; D.Zetterstrom; P.J.Grant , (1999), Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), COLLINS BIRD GUIDE - BRITAIN & EUROPE; Collins, : 347.

27. Carol Inskipp; Tim Inskipp; Richard Grimmett , (1999), Brambling (Fringilla coelebs), HELM FIELD GUIDES - BIRDS of BHUTAN; A&C Black, : 187.

28. Chris Kightly; Steve Madge; Dave Nurney , (1998), Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), POCKET GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND NORTH-WEST EUROPE; , : 277.

29. Paul W. Sykes JR. , David W. Sonneborn , (1998), First Breeding Records of Whooper Swan and Brambling in North America at Attu Island, Alaska, The Condor, 100:1: 162 - 164.

30. Sykes, P. W., Jr., D. W. Sonneborn. , (1998), First breeding records of Whooper Swan and Brambling in North America at Attu Island, Alaska., Condor, 100: 162 - 164.

31. ROBSON, D. , (1996), Influence of temperature on the body mass of the Brambling, Ardeola, 43:2: 139 - 144.

32. McGhie, H. A., S. A. Moran. , (1996), Probable first breeding record of Brambling in Britain represented in a museum collection., Scottish Birds, 18: 248 - 249.

33. Swanson, D. , (1996), 1995 report of the Rare Bird Records Committee., South Dakota Bird Notes, 48: 93 - 96.

34. Attwell, J., P. Sherrington. , (1996), A Brambling at Claresholm, Alberta during winter 1993--1994., Blue Jay, 54: 85 - 88.

35. Laurenti, S., G. Lenzini. , (1996), A natural female Chaffinch-Brambling hybrid caught near Narmi, Umbria [Italy]., Gli Uccelli D'Italia, 21(1): 83 - 85.

36. Robson, D. , (1996), Influence of temperature on the body mass of the Brambling [Fringilla montifringilla]., Ardeola, 43(2): 139 - 144.

37. Hahn, T. P., et al. , (1995), Endocrine basis of spatial and temporal opportunism in Arctic breeding birds., American Zoology, 35: 259 - 273.

38. Stehly, D. , (1995), Bramblingâ��-a new species for South Dakota., South Dakota Bird Notes, 47: 89.

39. Jones, C. , (1995), A review of North American Brambling records., Birders Journal, 4: 75 - 79.

40. Zhang, X., et al. , (1994), [Fiber connections and functions of the hyperstriatum ventrale pars caudale in Fringilla montifringilla.], Zoological Research Kunming, 15: 89 - 92.

41. Balatsky, N. N. , (1994), [The European Cuckoo Cuculus canorus as a brood parasite of the Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs and the Brambling F. montifringilla in East Europe.], Russian Journal of Ornithology, 3: 53 - 58.

42. Marsh, H., J. Anderson. , (1994), Brambling---a third record for Minnesota., Loon, 66: 148 - 149.

43. LUKAS JENNI , (1993), Structure of a Brambling Fringilla montifringilla roost according to sex, age and body-mass, Ibis, 135:1: 85 - 90.

44. Haftorn, S. , (1993), A Brambling Fringilla montifringilla imitating the Chaffinch F. coelebs and Greenfinch Carduelis chloris., Ornis Fennica, 70: 119 - 123.

45. KjellÃ©n, N., A. LindstrÃ¶m. , (1993), [Wintering strategies of the Brambling and some observations from a Scandinavian roost in January--February 1993.], Anser, 32: 187 - 199.

46. Jenni, L. , (1993), Structure of a Brambling Fringilla montifringilla roost according to sex, age and body-mass., Ibis, 135: 85 - 90.

47. Bakkal, S., V. Kohanov, V. Arkhipov. , (1992), [First record of second clutches in Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla).], Russian Journal of Ornithology, 2(2): 255 - 258.

48. Holmberg, T. , (1992), The primary moult of the Brambling Fringilla montifringilla evaluated by four different methods., Ornis Svecica, 2: 139 - 156.

49. Kouki, J., G. J. Niemi, A. RajasÃ¤rkkÃ¤. , (1992), Habitat associations of breeding peatland passerine species in eastern Finland., Ornis Fennica, 69: 126 - 140.

50. Jones, E. G. , (1992), Capture and banding of a Brambling in northwest Montana., North American Bird Bander, 17: 125.

51. Moksnes, A. , (1992), Egg recognition in Chaffinches and Bramblings., Animal Behaviour, 44: 993 - 995.

52. Braa, A. T., A. Moksnes, E. RÃ¸skaft. , (1992), Adaptations of Bramblings and Chaffinches towards parasitism by the Common Cuckoo., Animal Behaviour, 43: 67 - 78.

53. Fast, H. , (1992), Brambling: a Eurasian visitor to Saskatchewan., Blue Jay, 50: 29 - 30.

54. Rivola, A. , (1992), [Observation of Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla, in breeding season on the Dolomites Mts., NE Italy.], Rivista Italiana de Ornitologia, 62: 57.

55. Jenni, L. , (1991), Microclimate of roost sites selected by wintering Bramblings Fringilla montifringilla., Ornis Scandinavica, 22: 327 - 334.

56. Ottosson, U., F. Haas. , (1991), Primary moult of the Brambling Fringilla montifringilla in northern Sweden., Ornis Svecica, 1: 103 - 111.

57. Plunkett, A. M. , (1989), Minnesota's second Brambling record., Loon, 61: 56 - 58.

58. Lindstrom, A. , (1989), Finch flock size and risk of hawk predation at a migratory stopover site., Auk, 106: 225 - 232.

59. Uemura, T. , (1989), Records of some species in a flock of the Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica., Strix, 8: 292 - 293.

60. ARNE MOKSNES, EIVIN R0SKAFT , (1988), Responses of Fieldfares Turdus pilaris and Bramblings Fringilla montifringilla to experimental parasitism by the Cuckoo Cuculus canorus, Ibis, 130:6: 535 - 539.

61. Hogstad, O. , (1988), Foraging pattern and prey selection of breeding Bramblings Fringilla montifringilla., Fauna Norvegica Ser., 11: 27 - 39.

62. Virkkala, R. , (1988), Foraging niches of foliage-gleaning birds in the northernmost taiga in Finland., Ornis Fennica, 65: 104 - 113.

63. Jenni, L. , (1987), Mass concentrations of Bramblings Fringilla montifringilla in Europe 1900--1983: their dependence upon beech mast and the effect of snow-cover., Ornis Scandinavica, 18: 84 - 94.

64. Hogstad, O., E. Roskaft. , (1987), Variation in the head plumage pattern of the Brambling Fringilla montifringilla., Fauna Norvegica Ser., 10: 7 - 10.

65. Jenni, L., S. Jenni-Eiermann. , (1987), Body weight and energy reserves of Bramblings in winter., Ardea, 75: 271 - 284.

66. Roberson, D. , (1986), Ninth report of the California Bird Records Committee., Western Birds, 17: 49 - 77.

67. Cvitanic, A. , (1986), [Hybrid characteristics between the Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs L.) and the Brambling (F. montifringilla L.).], Larus, 36--37: 249 - 252.

68. Sere, D. , (1986), [Some new data about a possible breeding of Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) in Slovenia.], Acrocephalus, 7: 33 - 34.

69. Sorensen, E., et al. , (1986), Utah Ornithological Society Records Committee Report., Utah Birds, 2: 102 - 108.

70. Andrus, S. , (1986), Second occurrence of a Brambling in Utah., Utah Birds, 2: 30 - 31.

71. Jenni, L. , (1986), [The importance of large roosts of Bramblings Fringilla montifringilla in beech-mast areas.], Ornithol. Beob., 83: 267 - 268.

72. SchÃ¤pper, R. , (1986), [Feeding behavior of Bramblings Fringilla montifringilla wintering in a beech mast area.], Ornithol. Beob., 83: 142 - 145.

73. Huanjin, L., et al. , (1985), [A preliminary observation on ecological behavior of Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) in winter and spring in Pangquangou Nature Reserve.], Sichuan Journal of Zoology, 4: 22 - 24.

74. Hogstad, O. , (1985), Annual variation in mean body size of a Brambling Fringilla montifringilla population., Ornis Fennica, 62: 13 - 18.

75. Gent, P. , (1985), The CFO records committee report for 1983., Colorado FieldÂ Ornithology Journal, 19: 28 - 33.

76. Mikkonen, A. V. , (1985), Establishment of breeding territory by the Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, and the Brambling, F. montifringilla, in northern Finland., Annales Zoologici Fennici, 22: 137 - 156.

77. Mikkonen, A. V. , (1984), Spring flocking of the Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs and the Brambling F. montifringilla in northern Finland., Ornis Fennica, 61: 33 - 53.

78. Brewer, D., M. A. W. Lane, M. L. Wernaart. , (1984), Siberian Rubythroat: a species new to Canada., Ontario Birds, 2: 66 - 69.

79. James, R. D. , (1984), Ontario Bird Records Committee report for 1983., Ontario Birds, 2: 53 - 65.

80. Elder, D. H. , (1984), Brambling: new to Ontario., Ontario Birds, 2: 38 - 39.

81. Fonstad, T. , (1984), Reduced territorial overlap between the Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus and the Brambling Fringilla montifringilla in heath birch forest: competition or different habitat preferences?, Oikos, 42: 314 - 322.

82. Hill, D. , (1984), A Brambling---Minnesota's first Asiatic species., Loon, 56: 79 - 80.

83. PrÃ¼ter, J., D. M. Fleet. , (1984), [A Chaffinch X Brambling Hybrid.], Gefiederte Welt, 108: 109 - 110.

84. NÃ¸hr, H. , (1984), [The winter occurrence of Brambling and Wood Pigeon in south Sweden and Denmark in relation to the beech nut crop as measured in Denmark.], VÃ¥r FÃ¥gelvÃ¤rld, 43: 241 - 243.

85. Nilsson, S. G. , (1984), [The relation between the beech mast crop and the wintering of Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla, and Woodpigeon, Columba palumbus, in south Sweden.], VÃ¥r FÃ¥gelvÃ¤rld, 43: 135 - 136.

86. Van Wagner, M., E. Pink. , (1984), Photographs of New York state rarities: 46. A Brambling in Dutchess County., Kingbird, 34: 214 - 215.

87. Chandler, S.Robbins; Bertel Bruun; Herbert S.Zim; , (1983), Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), GOLDEN - BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA; Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press, : 314.

88. THOMAS A. GATZ, REBECCA QUANRUD , (1983), FIRST RECORD OF BRAMBLING, FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA, FOR NORTH DAKOTA, North American Birds, 37.1: 112 - 114.

89. Jickling, B. , (1983), The Boulder Brambling., Colorado FieldÂ Ornithology Journal, 18: 3 - 4.

90. Curry, E., M. Curry. , (1983), A Brambling in Colorado., Colorado FieldÂ Ornithology Journal, 18: 3.

91. Naoya Abe ; Osamu Kurosawa , (1982), A Remarkable Fall of Migrant Passerines on the Ship, Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 14:1: 59 - 67.

92. Stashaitis, Yu. N. , (1982), [First nesting record of the Brambling Fringilla montifringilla in Litva.], Ornithologia, 17: 173.

93. LÃ¶hrl, H. , (1982), [Apple-pips as a winter-food of Bramblings.], Ã�kol. VÃ¶gel, 4: 81.

94. Hogstad, O. , (1982), Seasonal and daily weight variation of adult Bramblings Fringilla montifringilla during the breeding season., Cinclus, 5: 59 - 64.

95. Fonstad, T. , (1981), Song activity of the Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus and the Brambling Fringilla montifringilla in a heath birch forest during the breeding season., Cinclus, 4: 89 - 96.

96. SVEN G. NILSSON , (1979), SEED DENSITY, COVER, PREDATION AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF BIRDS IN A BEECH WOOD IN SOUTHERN SWEDEN, Ibis, 121:2: 177 - 185.

97. Pyong-Oh Won , (1977), A bird census in Red Pine and Black Pine forests damaged by Pine Needle Gall-midges, Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 9:1: 96 - 111.

98. Hermann Pohl , (1971), SEASONAL VARIATION IN METABOLIC FUNCTIONS OF BRAMBLINGS, Ibis, 113:2: 185 - 193.

99. Nagahisa Kuroda , (1971), A bird census in the Imperial Palace for 1970, Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, 6:3: 217 - 230.

100. RICHARD C. BANKS , (1970), Records of the Brambling in North America, The Auk, 87:1: 165 - 167.

Book Excerpts

The Birds of India - Vol - II Part - I (1863)

Mountain Finch (Fringilla montifringilla)

752. Fringilla montifringilla, Linnaeus.

GoULD, Birds of Europe, pl. 188 - Blyth, Cat. G53-HoRSF., Cat. 746
.
The Mountain Finch.
Descr. - In summer, the male has the head, lores, checks, sides of neck, back, and rump, blackish, with pale white edges to the feathers of the rump; the shoulders and lesser-coverts rufous, edged with white ; secondary coverts also margined with whitish, and a white spot on some of the quills ; these and the tail black, edged with brownish yellow; the outer tail-feathers margined at their base with white; beneath, from the chin to the breast, and the flanks, rufous, passing into pale cinereous on the belly. In winter the upper parts are black, the head and back edged with rufous, and the rump pure white; the sides of the head and the nape much tinged with grey. The female differs, in having the head grey, and less rufous on the breast.

Length 6 inches; wing 3 3/4; tail 2 1/2.

This Finch, chiefly an inhabitant of the temperate and northern parts of Europe and Asia, has been occasionally found In the N. W. Himalayas during the cold weather. It was sent from Afghanistan by Griffith, and Blyth has seen specimens from Simla and Cashmere. At Mussooree, Hutton observed it as a rare winter visitant, though it may be common higher up. I have only seen it in the flocks of Propasser rhodochrous."

Besides the well-known Chaffinch of Europe, there are two or three allied species from the north of Africa and adjacent isles.

The Green-finches, Ligurinus, Koch, (Chlorospiza, Bonap.) include, beside the well known Green-finch of Britain, two or three species common in China and Northern Asia, Fr. sinica, and Fr. kawariba, Temm., which, by their colours, may be said to connect the Siskins and their allies with the plainer coloured Finches.

Two species of Montifringilla are found in Ladakh, and may stray within our limits. The type of the genus Is the M. nivalis, and it is distinguished from Fringilla by its slightly curved and lengthened claws, and the 3rd primary is shorter than the first two. It is somewhat related to Plectrophanes, which indeed Blyth places here rather than with the Buntings.

Montifringilla haematopygia, Gould, P. Z. S., 1851, and figured in his Birds of Asia, pt. III. pl. 15, has the upper plumage light, with the lower back and rump tinged with crimson. Adams found it common on the mountains surrounding the Chimouraree lake, in small flocks, feeding on the seeds of a worm-wood.

M. Adamsi, Moore, said to be very like M. Gebleri, is ashy above, white below and on the upper tail-coverts, with the wings black, with white-coverts. Adams found it " a native of the barren wastes and mountains of Ladakh, in small flocks, terrestrial in its habits ; and, in its call note, and mode of progression on the ground, very similar to the true Larks. The nest is composed of dried grass, and usually placed in dykes and stony places by the way side."

Other species are M. brunneinucha, Brandt., from North-eastern Asia; M. griseimicha, Br., from North America; M. arctous, and M. Gebleri, from Northern Asia, probably extending in winter into Central Asia.

The next form is a somewhat anomalous one, though related to the last by the long hind claw.

The Avifauna of British India and its dependencies - Vol II (1890)

Mountain Finch (Fringilla montifringilla)

813. Fringilla montifringilla (Linn),

Gould, B. Eur. pl. 185 ; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 412; Str. F. vii. p. 465 ; id. 1879, p. 108; Sharpe, 'Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 179. -

The Mountain Finch.

Head, lores, cheeks, sides of neck, back and rump dark brown, the feathers of the latter with pale edges; lesser wing coverts rufous, margined with white; median coverts the same ; quills with a white spot; tail black, edged with brownish yellow, the outermost on each side edged at the base with white; chin, throat, breast and flanks rufous; abdomen cinereous or ashy grey. In the winter plumage the back is black, and the feathers of the upper surface are edged with rufous ; rump pure white; sides of the head and nape greyish white.

The female differs in having the head grey; and the breast not so rufous as in the male. Bill horny brown ; legs fleshy; irides dark hazel.

Length. - 6 to 63 inches ; wing 375 ; tail 2.5.

Hab. - The Himalayas, in the North- West during winter. Jerdon says it has been obtained in Simla and Afghanistan, and that Hutton observed it at Mussoorie as a rare winter visitant in flocks of Propasser rhodochrous. In the Hume collection it is recorded from Kandahar and the Abbottabad Valley,

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 1st Ed. Vol II (1890)

Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

774. Fringilla montifringilla.

The Brambling.

Fringilla montifringilla, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 318 (1766); Blyth, Cat. p. 121 ; Horsf. & M. Cat. ii, p. 491; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 412 ; Hume, S. F. vii, p. 465; id. Cat. no. 752; Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 87; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 579; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xii, p. 178.

Coloration. Male. After the autumn moult the forehead, crown, nape, hind neck, and back are black with broad rufous margins; rump and the upper tail-coverts white, the sides of these black, some of the longer tail-coverts mingled black and ashy ; tail black, the feathers narrowly margined with white and the outermost feather with a good deal of white on it; lesser wing-coverts and scapulars orange-rufous; median coverts chiefly white; greater coverts black, tipped with pale rufous, the innermost feather or two with the inner web white; tertiaries black, edged with rufous ; remainder of quills black edged with pale yellow, and many of the primaries with a basal white patch on the outer web and a broad white margin on the inner; sides of the head and neck black, streaked and mottled with rufous ; chin, throat, and breast orange-rufous ; abdomen white ; under tail-coverts pale buff; flanks buff spotted with black ; axillaries primrose-yellow ; under wing-coverts white suffused with yellow. In the late spring and summer the margins of the feathers of the head and back are cast or get worn away, leaving those parts deep black and the longer upper tail-coverts are also entirely black ; the margins of the wing- and tail feathers become reduced and in some cases entirely disappear.

Female. Not very different from the male in winter plumage, but the dark parts of the plumage are paler and the rufous margins broader; the lesser and greater wing-coverts and the scapulars are dark brown, fringed with rufous, and the median coverts are broadly tipped with white ; the chin, throat, and breast are much paler rufous. Many specimens have an ashen patch on the nape, and this colour suffuses the sides of the neck.

Young birds resemble the female in general appearance, but are suffused with yellow.

Bill light grey at base, dusky at tip ; iris brown ; legs and feet fleshy brown (Unwin). In summer the bill becomes black.

Length rather more then 6 ; tail 2.6; wing 3.5 ; tarsus .75 ; bill from gape .6.

Distribution. Occurs in Gilgit and N. W. Punjab at the spring and autumn migrations. This species summers and breeds in the more northerly portions of Europe and Asia and in winter migrates southwards, being found at that season in Southern Europe, Southwestern Asia from Asia Minor to Afghanistan, and in China.

Habits, &c. The Brambling is found in flocks and frequents forest country, but, like many other Finches, feeds on the ground both on seeds and insects as well as on trees.

* Serinus pectoralis, Murray, Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 190 (1884), is the Crithagra chrysopyga of Swainson (Birds West Afr. i, p. 206, pl. 17) or Serinus ictericus, Bonn, et Vieill, apud Sharpe, Cat. B. AI. xii, p. 350. This species inhabits a considerable portion of Africa and is a very common cage-bird, and it was doubtless a bird escaped from confinement that came under Mr. Murray's observation. Both Mr. Murray's description and a coloured sketch of the bird sent to me by Mr. Hume agree with the African bird in every particular.

Forehead, supercilium, and cheeks bright yellow; a broad ashy band from the lores through the eye to the ear-coverts; a dark brown moustachial streak; upper plumage ashy green streaked with dark brown; lower plumage yellow, the sides of the breast ashy; wings and tail brown, margined with yellow ; rump bright yellow. Tail 1.7 ; wing 2.5.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol III (1926)

Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

(1093) Fringilla montifringilla.

The Brambling.

Fringilla montifringilla Linn,, Syst. Nat., 10th ed. i, p. 179 (1758). (Sweden); Blanf. & Oates, ii, p. 233.

Vernacular names. None recorded.

Description. - Adult male. Sides of head and neck, crown, nape, neck and back black; rump and upper tail-coverts white in the centre, black at the sides; tail black, margined narrowly with white, the white extending on the outermost feathers to the inner web on the basal half; lesser wing-coverts and scapulars bright rufous; visible median wing-coverts white, greater coverts black, tipped with white or pale rufous; quills black, edged with whitish yellow and with a white patch at the base of all but the first three ; inner secondaries edged with rufous; chin, throat and breast orange-rufous; Hanks buffy-rufous or huffy-white, more or less spotted with black; abdomen white; under tail-coverts white tinged with rufous ; axillaries and under wing-coverts pale yellow.

Colours of soft parts. Iris hazel; bill black or horny-black in the breeding-season, horny-yellow with darker tip and culmen in Winter; legs and feet fleshy-brown.

Measurements. Total length about 170 mm.; wing 89 to 94 mm.; tail 63 to 66 mm.; tarsus 18 to 19 mm.; culmen about 12 to 13 mm.

Female. Head, neck and back blackish, each feather with a broad rufous fringe; rump and shorter upper tail-coverts white; longer tail-coverts brown, edged with olive-rufous; tail as in the male; wings brown instead of black, the edges to the primaries more yellow and the innermost secondaries very broadly edged with rufous; sides of the head dull vinous-rufous; chin almost white; underparts as in the male but much paler.

The female is decidedly smaller than the male; wing 83 to 89 mm.

Male in Winter. Has ail the feathers of the upper parts broadly edged with rufous-grey and the edges to the wing-feathers also much broader and more rufous. In this stage the male is much more like the female.

Young birds differ from the female in having the abdomen and rump much more yellowish; the median and greater coverts are dark brown with buff tips.

Nestling in down white.

Distribution. Breeds throughout Northern Europe and Asia from Norway to Kamschatka. In Winter South to the greater part of Southern Europe; Central Asia to North-West India, Tibet and the greater part of North and Central China, East to Japan.

Nidification. Breeds in Northern Europe and North-West Asia from late May to the middle of June, making a nest which is a large, rather untidy edition of that of the Chaffinch. The eggs, five to eight in number, are like those of the Chaffinch but even more varied. "One hundred eggs average 19.5 x 14.6 mm." ( Witherby).

Habits. Frequents both open bush-covered hillsides and the outskirts and thinner parts of birch- and pine-woods. In Winter migrates South in enormous flocks and also extends from the Scandinavian countries West to England and Western Europe. It feeds on seeds and berries and in Autumn very largely on beechnuts.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol VII (1930)

Fringilla montifringilla

Fringilla montifringilla Linn.

Fringilla montifringilla Linn., Syst. Nat., 10th ed., vol. i, p. 179, 1758: Sweden, Europe.

Fringilla lulensis id., ibid., p. 180, 1758; Sweden.

Fringilla septentrionalis Brehm, Handb. Vogel Deutschl., p. 274, 1831: Northern Europe.

Fringilla major borealis Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 101, 1855: Sweden.

Fringilla montifringilla alticeps Hartert, Vogel Palaark. Fauna, vol. i, p. 130, 1904, ex A. E. Brehm, Verz. Samml., p. 9, 1866, nom. nud., as synonym.

Museum Collections

Number of Museum Specimen Records Found : 9 for Fringilla montifringilla

No.	Museum	Species	Collection Deatils	Collector	Date of Collection	Record	Locality	GBIF Portal Link
1	NLBIF	Fringilla montifringilla	RMNH AVES RMNH.AVES.80482			Specimen	Kabul Afghanistan Southern Asia	Link
2	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Fringilla montifringilla	UMMZ Bird 176598	Koelz, Walter N	1937-11-15 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Bala Murghab Afghanistan Southern Asia	Link
3	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Fringilla montifringilla	UMMZ Bird 176596	Koelz, Walter N	1937-11-16 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Maimana Faryab Afghanistan Southern Asia	Link
4	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	Fringilla montifringilla	UMMZ Bird 176597	Koelz, Walter N	1937-11-16 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Maimana Faryab Afghanistan Southern Asia	Link
5	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University	Fringilla montifringilla	MCZ BIRDS 288507	Paynter, R. A., Jr.	1958-10-29 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Kalam, province [=North-West Frontier] emended per fallingrain.com Swat [=North-West Frontier] Pakistan Asia Southern Asia	Link
6	Yale University Peabody Museum	Fringilla montifringilla	YPM ORN ORN.088125	R. A. Paynter	1958-10-29 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Kalam Kalam District North-West Frontier Province Pakistan Southern Asia	Link
7	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University	Fringilla montifringilla	MCZ BIRDS 288509	Paynter, R. A., Jr.	1958-10-31 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Kalam, province [=North-West Frontier] emded per fallingrain.com Swat [=North-West Frontier] Pakistan Asia Southern Asia	Link
8	Yale University Peabody Museum	Fringilla montifringilla	YPM ORN ORN.088126	R. A. Paynter	1958-10-31 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Kalam Kalam District North-West Frontier Province Pakistan Southern Asia	Link
9	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University	Fringilla montifringilla	MCZ BIRDS 288508	Paynter, R. A., Jr.	1958-11-02 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Kalam Swat [=North-West Frontier] Pakistan Asia Southern Asia	Link

Biodiversity occurrence data provided by: (Accessed through GBIF Data Portal, 2009-08-06)

Data Providers

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University ( 3 Records )

NLBIF ( 1 Records )

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology ( 3 Records )

Yale University Peabody Museum ( 2 Records )

Sound/Call

20 calls found for Fringilla montifringilla

Remarks:
Call Type: call (B)

Remarks:
Call Type: calls of a passing migrant (A)

Remarks:
Call Type: call (B)

Remarks: Ref. tape A 527-537
Call Type: song (B)

Remarks: Ref. tape B 494-510
Call Type: song (A)

Remarks: Ref. tape B 547-557
Call Type: song (A)

Remarks:
Call Type: flight calls (B)

Remarks: Tape ref. A_162-174-199
Call Type: calls from large flock low over the ground (B)

Remarks: part of a migrating flock briefly resting and feeding. Recording Equipment:Telinga Pro 7, Tascam HDP2
Call Type: calls (B)

Remarks: Male and female present, no clue what he wants with this call...
Call Type: calls of male (A)

Remarks:
Call Type: contact & flight calls (A)

Remarks: Male, bird seen.
Call Type: song (A)

Remarks:
Call Type: song (B)

Remarks: Ref. tape B 79-84,-88,-91
Call Type: song (B)

Remarks:
Call Type: Song (no score)

Remarks: calls at a roost of some millions of Bramblings in last daylight, background: airplane
Call Type: call (no score)

Remarks:
Call Type: song (no score)

Remarks: calls at a roost of some millions of Bramblings at the beginning of the night, background: airplane
Call Type: call (no score)

Remarks: one par alarm for Siberian jay
Call Type: alarm call (no score)

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