Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias)  
Genus: Linaria (4 species)


Common Linnet
Common Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Range: PAL: temperate to subtropical w, c Palearctic in open lowland woodland, fields (alpine meadows in s): British Is., s Scandinavia e to Altay region (sc Russia), n Xinjiang (nw China) and far w Mongolia, in s to Madeira and Canary Is. (Macaronesia, w of n Africa
northern, Spain,  
 
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.


Twite
Twite (Linaria flavirostris montanella)
Range: PAL: low Arctic to temperate nw and montane c Palearctic in open areas: n, c British Is., w, n Scandinavia; disjunctly Caucasus and sc, ne Turkey e through sc Russia, n Kazakhstan, n, w Xinjiang (nw China) and Mongolia, in s nw Iran, c Afghanistan through Alta
Borit, Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info


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Warsangli Linnet (Linaria johannis) Near Threatened
Range: AF: montane ne Africa in juniper and euphorbia: ne Somalia
 



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Yemen Linnet (Linaria yemenensis)
Range: PAL: montane sc Palearctic in open woods, cultivation: sw Saudi Arabia and w Yemen (sw Arabian Pen.)
 




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