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Fringilla montifringilla · Family Fringillidae

Fringilla montifringilla

Family Fringillidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Fringillidae
GBIF occurrence records
1,780,178
Countries and territories with records
97
Brambling
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About this species

This species has 1,780,178 occurrence records from 97 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (32.8%), Norway (14.2%), Finland (11.1%), France (8%) and Denmark (6.7%); together they account for 72.8% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.57% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Fringilla montifringilla combines the genus name Fringilla with the species epithet montifringilla. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Fringilla; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Fringilla coelebs, Fringilla moreletti and Fringilla spodiogenys.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 204 species of the family Fringillidae. This species ranks 13th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Spinus tristis. Its record count is 3.9 times the family average (459,113). The family Fringillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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