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#0668 · 🐦 birds

Brambling

🇳🇱 Keep ·Fringilla montifringilla

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands
Brambling, photo 1 of 7
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what is it?

The brambling ( Fringilla montifringilla ) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It has also been called the cock o' the north and the mountain finch .

base stats

  • NL sightings 230iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 28,641iNaturalist observations
  • weight 22 gadult, up to
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 230 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 28,641 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Weighs only about 22 g.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Brambling
Nederlands
Keep
scientific name
Fringilla montifringilla
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Fringillidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
230
sightings in Europe
17,313
sightings worldwide
28,641
GBIF records in NL
102,207
weight
22 g
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Fringillidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 10069, Wikidata Q188877, GBIF 2494441, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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