Brambling

16 cm (6") Eurasian species but regular migrant to Aleutians, and to southern Alaska, Canada, central and western United States in the fall and winter.

Male: black head and back in spring; brownish in fall and winter. Tawny-orange shoulder patch. Spotted sides. White belly.

Female or Fall Male: buffy or brownish head, mottled brown crown, and barred or mottled back. Tawny-orange shoulder patch. Spotted sides.

In flight; conspicuous white rump.

Song: nasal "check-check-check" flight call.

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