Brambling
BIRDING ARAGÓNBrambling
Fringilla Montifringilla
ES: pinzón real
Description
L: 14cm; W:24-26cm;
This bird presents a marked sexual dimorphism, more striking in winter. Male breeding plumage with black head, bill, and back; in winter with a black-tipped yellowish bill and brown head and back. The female has a grey head and neck, no black on the head, and a bicolour bill. Both sexes have a white rump; chest, and lesser covert feathers chestnut coloured and mottled flanks. Juveniles have primary and median coverts with white tips.
- Observation difficulty: Medium
- Status: Winter
- Optimal Season: Oct-Feb
- Conservation Status: Protected species
- Hábitat: Cosmopolitan
Best places to see in Aragón
ROUTES
- Route 4 Sierra Caballera
- Route 5 Sierra and Canyons of Guara Natural Park
- Route 6 Huesca and surroundings
- Route 7 Monegros and Bajo Cinca counties
- Route 8 Wetlands of the Cinco Villas county
- Route 9 Zaragoza and surroundings
- Route 12 Sierra del Moncayo
- Route 13 Hoces del Jalón
- Route 17 Sierras of Gúdar and Javalambre
PROVINCES
Huesca. Zaragoza. Teruel
REGIONS
Hoya de Huesca; Somontano; Monegros; Bajo Cinca; Cinco Villas; Comarca Central; Tarazona y el Moncayo; Campo de Cariñena y Valdejalón; Gúdar-Javalambre; Sierra de Albarracín; Comunidad de Calatayud; Bajo Aragón; Matarraña
Special Protected Areas (SPA)
ORDESA Y MONTE PERDIDO. VIÑAMALA. LAGUNA DE SARIÑENA Y BALSA DE LA ESTACIÓN. SIERRA DE MONCAYO – LOS FAYOS – SIERRA DE ARMAS
