Habitat
Only breeding record of Brambling in Alaska on Attu Island. Habitat was dwarf shrub meadow (Sykes and Sonneborn 1998). Elsewhere habitat includes subalpine birch (Hogstad 2000) and Beech forests (Jenni 1986). Beech forests important feeding sites in Scandinavia (Jenni 1986, Lindstrom 1990, Jenni 1991).
References
Hogstad, O. 2000. Fluctuation of a breeding population of Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) during 33 years in a subalpine birch forest. Ornic Fennica 77:97-103.
Jenni, L. 1986. The importance of large roosts of Bramblings Fringilla montifringilla in beech-mast areas. Der Ornithologische Beobachter 83:269-274.
Jenni, L. 1991. Microclimate of roost sites selected by wintering Bramblings Fringilla montifringilla. Ornis Scandinavica 22:327-334
Lindstrom, A. 1990. The role of predation risk in stopover habitat selection in migrating Bramblings, Fringilla montifringilla. Behavioral Ecology 1: 102-107.
Sykes, P.W., Jr., and D.W. Sonneborn. 1998. First breeding records of Whooper Swan and Brambling in North America at Attu Island, Alaska. The Condor 100(1):162-164.
