Afghanistan (NB), Albania, Algeria, Austria (B) (NB), Azerbaijan (NB), Bahrain (NB), Belarus (B) (NB), Belgium (B) (NB), Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria (NB) (P), China (mainland), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska), Cyprus (NB), Czech Republic (NB), Denmark (B) (NB) (P), Egypt, Estonia (B) (NB), Faroe Islands (B) (NB), Finland (B) (NB) (P), France (NB) (P), Germany (B) (NB) (P), Gibraltar, Greece (NB) (P), Hungary (NB), Iceland (B), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of], Iraq (NB), Ireland (NB), Israel, Italy (NB) (P), Japan, Jordan (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (NB), Latvia (B) (NB), Lebanon, Liechtenstein (NB), Lithuania (B) (NB), Luxembourg (NB), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (NB), Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles (B) (NB), North Korea, Norway (B), Pakistan, Philippines, Poland (P), Portugal (NB), Romania (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B), Serbia, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (NB), Slovenia (B) (NB), South Korea, Spain (NB), Sweden (B) (NB), Switzerland (NB), Taiwan (China), Thailand, Turkey (NB), Ukraine (NB) (P), United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom (B) (NB), Uzbekistan.
Vagrant to Canada, Kuwait, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Oman, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tunisia, USA (B).
Breeds in northern and north-eastern Europe eastern in broad band to eastern Russia (Chukotka), south to north-eastern Kazakhstan, central and south-eastern Altai, Tuva, southern L Baikal, Russian Far East (south to Amurland, Sakhalin I and Kamchatka); migrates to west, central and southern Europe, northern Africa, Middle East, and south-west, central and eastern Asia.
 
Population
Estimated population is 80,000,000 - 250,000,000 (2010).
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) [XC830068]
by Alan Dalton from Robertsfors \u00d6, Robertsfors Municipality, V\u00e4sterbottens l\u00e4n, Sweden (call, flight call)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) [XC893260]
by Tero Linjama from Dziki Park Angielski na Goc\u0142awiu (near Warszawa), Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland (uncertain)
Nest
A cup of moss, lichen and grass, lined with feathers, hair and fur, high up in a tree.
Eggs (Guide)
5 - 7; variable, greenish, blue, olive with few or many rusty spots.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Has hybridized with Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs).
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Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7