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 group of birds drinking. Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp cannabina)
Jesús Laborda 11 March 2009 4 years ago 36 sec 4.2 -
Male singing Locality Souss Massa National Park, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2012 45 weeks ago 43 sec 4 -
Birds drinking at a frozen pond. Locality Perdiguera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp cannabina)
Jesús Laborda 30 January 2012 1 year ago 29 sec 4 -
adult male singing and preening Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands (ssp cannabina)
Daniêl Jimenez 10 June 2011 1 year ago 1 min 42 sec 4 -
test Locality Arlon, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
ybar 17 June 2010 2 years ago 1 min 40 sec 4 -
A male calling Locality L'Age-Quatre-Maux, Limousin, France (ssp cannabina)
Eric Roualet 31 July 2005 2 years ago 18 sec 4
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Several birds drinking.
Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp cannabina)
Jesús Laborda 7 July 2012 33 weeks ago 3.6 -
a nest with four eggs hidden in a briar in a house garden.
Locality Richarville, Essonne, Île-de-France, France
Bruno Durand 12 June 2012 46 weeks ago 3.6 -
Feather detail of a gorgeous male
Locality Montserrat Mountain Natural Park, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Josep Batlle 8 May 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
A male approaches a puddle to drink.
Locality Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Fran Trabalon 27 March 2010 3 years ago 3.5 -
Some birds on an olive tree.
Locality Lake Volvi, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 1 November 2000 4 years ago 3.5 -
Nest found in a gorse bush
Locality Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain
nottsexminer 2 June 2011 1 year ago 3.4
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Calls of an individual perched Locality London, England, Great Britain
(ssp cannabina)
Stuart Fisher 5 April 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Song of a male Locality Isle of Purbeck, Purbeck, Dorset, England, Great Britain
(ssp cannabina)
Stuart Fisher 28 April 2002 3 years ago 3
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