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Linaria cannabina

Common linnet

Männchen (CC BY-SA 3.0) Martin Mecnarowski

Short Description

Characteristic features of the common linnet are its chestnut-brown upper parts, its grey-brown head and the deeply forked dark-brown tail. Striking is also the typical finch-family bill.

In nuptial plumage, male birds can be identified from their crimson forehead and chest.

Features

Common linnet

Linaria cannabina

  • crimson forehead and chest in the male’s nuptial plumage

Gesang

Tretzel, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Similar species

Eurasian siskin

Spinus spinus
The siskin is altogether lighter in colour. Its head is light-brown and the chest feathers only slightly pink.
Habitus (CC BY 2.0) Stefan Berndtsson

In the city

The common linnet mostly feeds on wild herbs such as plantain or dandelion. In towns or cities, these are generally found on uncultivated land as no weeds are removed there or chemically destroyed.

Fun Facts

  • Females sing quietly prior to mating or when laying eggs.

  • The common linnet is a migratory bird. In mid- or end of October, it migrates to western or south-western Europe or north-western Africa, returning to Germany at the end of March.

  • Endangerment level Germany: endangered
Prachtkleid (CC BY 3.0) Katarzyna Stępniewska

Sources

Männchen, Martin Mecnarowski, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carduelis_cannabina_1_%28Martin_Mecnarowski%29.jpg

Habitus, Stefan Berndtsson, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/sbern/8699031264/in/photolist-efGNVE-FTZt28-o9UKss-9PKZPb-ydfhpJ-xY4hTt-vuNtG6-c3NdKW-w4uCBB-8jcy4j-8jcyvC-aiDmkb-dgG43S-9ZHmiD-aiAxT6-9ZLdR7-84yksX-9ZHm5B-9ZLdxf-9CyB1N-9CyANd-9ZLdNy-9ZLdL7-9ZLdEo-dSULBH-9ZLdv7-aiDm7y-9CyAWd-bGVJy2-7CxA9K-aiDmgS-afZua7-9CyAS3-aiAxzg-dKatf1-dZFbcC-v399jh-84ykwg-dZF5hm-ft7CS9-dZF5gq-dZF5im-dZF5gj-fUHADE-efB3WK-d9oQV1-bru4EP-x12foG-vqmUw3-w4jLJQ

Prachtkleid, Katarzyna Stępniewska, CC BY 3.0, http://www.akbalt.strony.univ.gda.pl

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