Finches (Fringillidae)
Common Linnet (Carduelis cannabina) - HBW 15, p. 569
French: Linotte mélodieuse
German: Bluthänfling
Spanish: Pardillo Común
Other common names: Eurasian/European/Brown Linnet
Taxonomy: Fringilla cannabina Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Previously placed in genus Acanthis. Has hybridized with C. chloris, C. spinus, C. flammea and C. flavirostris. Race guentheri formerly referred to by name nana, but latter invalid, as preoccupied. Geographical variation slight and to some extent clinal, plumage becoming paler from W to E, and races intergrade widely in overlap areas; race mediterranea sometimes synonymized with nominate. Birds in Middle East intermediate between European ones and those farther E, possibly closer to latter; proposed races taurica (described from T.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Fringilla cannabina Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Previously placed in genus Acanthis. Has hybridized with C. chloris, C. spinus, C. flammea and C. flavirostris. Race guentheri formerly referred to by name nana, but latter invalid, as preoccupied. Geographical variation slight and to some extent clinal, plumage becoming paler from W to E, and races intergrade widely in overlap areas; race mediterranea sometimes synonymized with nominate. Birds in Middle East intermediate between European ones and those farther E, possibly closer to latter; proposed races taurica (described from Totakoi, near Simferopol, in Crimea), persica (from Damavand, in Iran) and fringillirostris (from Kashmir) all considered paler variants of bella, slightly darker variants of which occur in N Turkey and Caucasus. Seven subspecies recognized.
Previously placed in genus Acanthis. Has hybridized with C. chloris, C. spinus, C. flammea and C. flavirostris. Race guentheri formerly referred to by name nana, but latter invalid, as preoccupied. Geographical variation slight and to some extent clinal, plumage becoming paler from W to E, and races intergrade widely in overlap areas; race mediterranea sometimes synonymized with nominate. Birds in Middle East intermediate between European ones and those farther E, possibly closer to latter; proposed races taurica (described from Totakoi, near Simferopol, in Crimea), persica (from Damavand, in Iran) and fringillirostris (from Kashmir) all considered paler variants of bella, slightly darker variants of which occur in N Turkey and Caucasus. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- autochthona ( Clancey, 1946) - Scotland.
- cannabina ( Linnaeus, 1758) - W, C & N Europe (S & C Scandinavia S to N Spain, N Italy, NE Greece, W Turkey and Ukraine) and W & SC Siberia E to upper R Yenisey, S Krasnoyarsk and N Altai; non-breeding also N Africa and SW Asia.
- bella ( C. L. Brehm, 1845) - WC Turkey, Cyprus and Levant E to Caucasus, NW & N Iran, S Turkmenistan, NW & NE Afghanistan, S & E Kazakhstan (SW Altai, Tarbagatay and Tien Shan), W Mongolia and NW China (N & NW Xinjiang); non-breeding S to N Pakistan (Baluchistan, Salt Range and Punjab).
- autochthona ( Clancey, 1946) - Scotland.
- cannabina ( Linnaeus, 1758) - W, C & N Europe (S & C Scandinavia S to N Spain, N Italy, NE Greece, W Turkey and Ukraine) and W & SC Siberia E to upper R Yenisey, S Krasnoyarsk and N Altai; non-breeding also N Africa and SW Asia.
- bella ( C. L. Brehm, 1845) - WC Turkey, Cyprus and Levant E to Caucasus, NW & N Iran, S Turkmenistan, NW & NE Afghanistan, S & E Kazakhstan (SW Altai, Tarbagatay and Tien Shan), W Mongolia and NW China (N & NW Xinjiang); non-breeding S to N Pakistan (Baluchistan, Salt Range and Punjab).
- mediterranea ( Tschusi, 1903) - Iberia (including Balearic Is) E to S Italy, Croatia, Greece, Crete and Aegean Sea islands, also NW Africa (Morocco E to N Tunisia and N Libya).
- guentheri Wolters, 1953 - Madeira.
- meadewaldoi ( E. J. O. Hartert, 1901) - W & C Canary Is (El Hierro E to Gran Canaria).
- harterti ( Bannerman, 1913) - E Canary Is (Alegranza, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male feeding on seeds Locality Estaca de Bares, La Coruña, Galicia, Spain (ssp cannabina)
Alex García · Videoaves 31 July 2007 4 years ago 28 sec 4.7 -
A female perched on a twig Locality Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp cannabina)
Julien Rochefort 26 April 2007 5 years ago 20 sec 4.6 -
An adult male bathing in a pond in company of a House Sparrow Locality Parc del Foix, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp cannabina)
Pere Sugranyes 31 May 2007 4 years ago 31 sec 4.6 -
A female perched on a branch Locality Malmedy, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp cannabina)
Jean Hupperetz 5 May 2006 5 years ago 26 sec 4.6 -
A bird pecking the soil. Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp cannabina)
Jesús Laborda 11 March 2009 3 years ago 20 sec 4.3 -
A female drinking. Locality Jaulín, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp cannabina)
Jesús Laborda 25 May 2011 33 weeks ago 24 sec 4.3
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on a twig
Locality Valley of Tears (Bacha Valley), Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 13 April 2011 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
An Eurasian Linnet's maile singing his display call song.
Locality Suwałki Region, Poland
Paweł Wacławik 26 May 2005 2 years ago 4.1 -
Male on the ground.
Locality Gogu Beli Pass, Mugla Province, Turkey
David Lingard 8 May 2011 6 weeks ago 4 -
One bird
Locality Kara-koo, Issyk-Kul Province, Kyrgyzstan
Rémi Bigonneau 5 July 2011 27 weeks ago 4 -
Male breeding
Locality Sierra de Gredos, Spain (ssp cannabina)
Skua Nature 18 August 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Adult female on a fence
Locality Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (ssp cannabina)
Alain Fossé 30 May 2010 1 year ago 4
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Calls of an individual perched Locality London, England, Great Britain
(ssp cannabina)
Stuart Fisher 5 April 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Song of a male Locality Isle of Purbeck, Purbeck, Dorset, England, Great Britain
(ssp cannabina)
Stuart Fisher 28 April 2002 2 years ago 3
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