#0597 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Linnet

🇳🇱 Kneu ·Linaria cannabina

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Samuel Beyertt · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Максим Стефанович · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Steven Schulting · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Sergey Yeliseev · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Shahrzad Fattahi · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 8483 Scherpenzeel, Nederland:© Pieter van Roijen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Werkendam, Netherlands:© Dion · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. De Cocksdorp, Netherlands:© heliastes21 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 1759 Callantsoog, Netherlands:© er-birds · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The common linnet ( Linaria cannabina ) 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.

base stats

NL sightings 945iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 62,106iNaturalist observations
weight 19 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).