Eurasian Linnet
A species of Linnets and Twite, Also known as Brown Linnet Scientific name : Linaria cannabina Genus : Linnets and Twite
Eurasian Linnet, A species of Linnets and Twite
Also known as:
Brown Linnet
Botanical name: Linaria cannabina
Genus: Linnets and Twite
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Description
The eurasian Linnet is a musical bird in flight. It is primarily found in weedy or grassy urban areas and is a rare visitor to bird feeders, preferring to forage for its food. It often joins flocks in the autumn and winter, making the small bird easier to spot. While females are drab in color, males have red breasts.
Size
14 cm
Life Expectancy
9 years
Feeding Habits
Eurasian Linnet primarily consumes seeds from a range of wild plants. They demonstrate adept foraging and are particularly noted for their seed-cracking beak adaptation.
Habitat
Eurasian Linnet typically inhabits a variety of open and semi-open landscapes across broader Eurasian regions. These birds are often found in lowland brushlands with dense shrubs like gorse, open heaths, and hills with scattered trees. They favor habitats such as woodland edges, forest clearings, cultivated field borders, and scrubland. Eurasian Linnet also occupies plantations, orchards, parks, and large gardens. They adapt to a range of altitudes, generally residing below 2000 meters but may nest up to 2300 meters in the Swiss Alps, around 3000 meters in the Tien Shan range, and even as high as 3600 meters in the Moroccan High Atlas. During non-breeding seasons, they may also occupy coastal dunes, saltmarshes, and shingle banks.
Dite type
Granivorous
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Behavior
Open land with thick bushes is favoured for breeding, including heathland and garden. It builds its nest in a bush, laying four to seven eggs. This species can form large flocks outside the breeding season, sometimes mixed with other finches, such as twite, on coasts and salt marshes. 
Distribution Area
The common linnet breeds in Europe, the western Palearctic and north Africa. It is partially resident, but many eastern and northern birds migrate farther south in the breeding range or move to the coasts. They are sometimes found several hundred miles off-shore.
Species Status
The common linnet is listed by the UK Biodiversity Action Plan as a priority species. It is protected in the UK by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. In Britain, populations are declining, attributed to increasing use of herbicides, aggressive scrub removal and excessive hedge trimming; its population fell by 56% between 1968 and 1991, probably due to a decrease in seed supply and the increasing use of herbicide.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Finches Genus
Linnets and Twite Species
Eurasian Linnet 
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