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bram·bling

(brăm′blĭng)

A migratory finch (Fringilla montifringilla) of northern Eurasia, having black, white, and rust-brown plumage.

[Probably from Old English *bræmbling : bræmbel, bramble + -ling, one connected with; see -ling¹.]

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brambling

(ˈbræmblɪŋ)

(Animals) a Eurasian finch, Fringilla montifringilla, with a speckled head and back and, in the male, a reddish brown breast and darker wings and tail

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brambling - Eurasian finch

Fringilla montifringilla

finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

Fringilla, genus Fringilla - type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling

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Bergfink

pinzón real

järripeippo

bjørkefinkbjørkefinke

юрок

bergfink

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And that means only a few lucky people have been able to catch a glimpse of plump-crested waxwings and little bramblings. Alf King, a member of the birdwatchers' club, told It's Our World there has only been three recorded sightings of the distinctive waxwing in Huddersfield so far this year - with people spotting the distinctive birds in Greenhead Park.