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Brambling winter plumage

Brambling winter plumage - Male (non-breeding)

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Mirador de Chipeque (Santa Úrsula), Tenerife

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» January, 2022

Equipment

» Pentax K-m with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm

Bird Species

»Fringilla montifringilla - Brambling

Bird Species (French)

»Pinson du Nord

Bird Family

»Fringillidae - Finches, Canaries & Allies

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Brambling is a vagrant in the Canary archipelago, more regular in the eastern islands (especially on Fuerteventura). On Tenerife there are very few records. It seems the species reaches the archipelago during severe winters in Europe.

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