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<p>The brambling is similar in size and shape to a common chaffinch. Breeding-plumaged male bramblings are very distinctive, with a black head, dark upperparts, orange breast and white belly. Females and younger birds are less distinct, and more similar in appearance to some chaffinches. In all plumages, however, bramblings differs from chaffinches in a number of features:<br />
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the brambling has a white rump, whereas that of the common chaffinch is grey-green;<br />
the breast is orange, contrasting with a white belly, on the brambling, whereas on the common chaffinch, the underparts are more uniformly coloured (pink or buff);<br />
the brambling's scapular feathers are orange, whereas the common chaffinch's are grey or grey-brown;<br />
the flanks are dark-spotted on the brambling, plain on the common chaffinch;<br />
bramblings lack the white outer tail feathers of common chaffinches.<br />
An additional difference for all plumages except breeding-plumaged males is the bill colour - yellow in the brambling, dull pinkish in the common chaffinch (breeding-plumaged male bramblings have black bills, common chaffinches in the corresponding plumage have grey bills).<br />
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Measurements:<br />
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Length: 16 cm[10]<br />
Weight: 23–29 g[10]<br />
Wingspan: 25–26 cm[11]<br />
Distribution and habitat<br />
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Male and female in Poland<br />
This bird is widespread, in the breeding season, throughout the forests of northern Europe and east across the Palearctic. It is migratory, wintering in southern Europe, North Africa, northern India, northern Pakistan, China, and Japan. It frequently strays into Alaska during migration and there are scattered records across the northern United States and southern Canada. The global population of bramblings is about 100 to 200 million, with a decreasing trend.<br />
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Open coniferous or birch woodland is favoured for breeding.</p>](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54966008112_55dfa81a40_s.jpg)
