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🦉 The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

• Fringilla (lat.) Finch; fi nco (old German)
• montifringilla lat .: mōns, montis mountain, mountain range

This is a very close relative of the Chaffinch. According to my observations, they arrive later, but there were cases when I met them at the end of March when spring was just beginning. Unlike their relatives, they do not have amazing vocal abilities. Their songs are a creaky buzzing.

Sexual dimorphism is expressed in the plumage color. Males have contrasting black and some orange colors, while females have gray and washed-out orange instead of black.