Linnet
Linaria cannabina
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 40,365
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The common linnet or Eurasian linnet is a small passerine bird of the finch family, Fringillidae. It derives its common name and the scientific name, Linaria, from its fondness for hemp seeds and flax seeds—flax being the English name of the plant from which linen is made.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Common linnet”.