Birds of North Carolina
their Distribution and Abundance
Scientific Name:
Common Name:
 Family (Alpha):
FRINGILLIDAE Members:
General Comments
Accidental. A winter-plumaged Brambling was videotaped at a feeder in Brevard (Transylvania) on 31 Oct 1998* (Chat 65:86). The videotape was viewed and accepted by the NC BRC, and it is held at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences for permanent documentation of this first state record. Sadly, this amazing record has never been published in full, nor has a still frame from the video been published. Thus, birders and others have no details available to judge for themselves that this common Eurasian species miraculously appeared at a feeder in the mountains, on Halloween!
Breeding Status
Nonbreeder
NC BRC List
The species' status on the List of Bird Species of North Carolina: either Definitive, Provisional, or Extinct, as administered by the NC Bird Records Committee. The Provisional List contains species for which there are less than three accepted sight (i.e., non-documented) records. Species of unaccepted origin are not included on the List of Bird Species of North Carolina.
Definitive
State Status
none
U.S. Status
Definitive
State Rank
SA
Global Rank
G5
Coastal Plain
No records.
Piedmont
No records.
Mountains
One record (see above).
Finding Tips
1/2*