📸 PhotoPhoto: mmlolek · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla (Brambling · アトリ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its average weight of 21 g is lighter than a single AA battery (about 23 g) (Comparison).
- 💡 According to ADW, it eats seeds in agricultural fields in winter and also preys on insects such as moth larvae, which may benefit agriculture and forestry.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Brambling is a finch found across the Palearctic that visits Korea as a common winter visitor. It lives in birch, fir, and pine forests.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It has two white wing bars and a white rump seen in flight. In summer plumage, the male has a black head and back with tawny throat, breast, and shoulders, while in winter its bill turns pale yellow.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It mainly eats plant matter and also feeds on adult insects and larvae in summer. In winter, it forms large nomadic flocks following beech mast, with night roosts reaching up to 20 million birds.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
The National List of Species of Korea describes it as a common winter visitor arriving nationwide.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2024) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22720041/264534717
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 264534717
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000002187 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000002187
- • wikidata.org — Q188877
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Fringilla montifringilla -Poland -male-8.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Fringilla montifringilla
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Maxime Dahirel · CC BY 3.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Fringilla coelebs)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.