What is "brambling"

Brambling \Bram"bling\, n. [OE. bramline. See Bramble, n.] (Zo["o]l.) The European mountain finch ( Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.

Etymology 1 n. A finch, ''Fringilla montifringilla'' of northern Eurasia, the male having a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump. Etymology 2

vb. (present participle of bramble English)

n. Eurasian finch [syn: Fringilla montifringilla]

The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It has also been called the cock o' the north and the mountain finch.