| Conservation status | Recovering |
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| Country of origin | Italy |
| Distribution | Lombardy |
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| Skin color | Yellow |
| Egg color | Cream to light brown |
| Comb type | Single |
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The Mericanel della Brianza is a breed of small chicken or bantam from Lombardy, in northern Italy. It takes its name from the Brianza, an area to the north-east of Milan, and from mericanell, a Lombard diminutive of merican "American".[1] In early 2012 it was the only officially recognised Italian bantam breed.