#0774 · 🐦 birds
Twite
🇳🇱 Frater ·Linaria flavirostris
📍 De Cocksdorp, Niederlande
📍 De Cocksdorp, Netherlands
📍 De Cocksdorp, Netherlands
📍 De Cocksdorp, Netherlands
📍 Uithuizen, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Dmitry Dubikovskiy · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Pentti Ketola · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © esdena · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Morgan Lythe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Александр Кочетков · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. De Cocksdorp, Niederlande:© Fabian Karner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. De Cocksdorp, Netherlands:© Sally Anderson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. De Cocksdorp, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. De Cocksdorp, Netherlands:© Elan Zucchetti · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Uithuizen, Nederland:© KJ · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The twite ( Linaria flavirostris ) is a small brown passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
base stats
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).
fun facts
- Spotted 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,231 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 1 g.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Twite
- Nederlands
- Frater
- scientific name
- Linaria flavirostris
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Fringillidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 37
- sightings in Europe
- 1,032
- sightings worldwide
- 2,231
- GBIF records in NL
- 15,614
- weight
- 1.4 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Fringillidae
#0553 📷 8Common Chaffinch
🇳🇱 Vink
Fringilla coelebs
LC 👀 2.8k in NL
#0585 📷 10European Goldfinch
🇳🇱 Putter
Carduelis carduelis
LC 👀 1.2k in NL
#0597 📷 10Eurasian Linnet
🇳🇱 Kneu
Linaria cannabina
LC 👀 945 in NL
#0614 📷 10European Greenfinch
🇳🇱 Groenling
Chloris chloris
LC 👀 617 in NL
#0651 📷 10Hawfinch
🇳🇱 Appelvink
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
LC 👀 293 in NL
#0668 📷 7Brambling
🇳🇱 Keep
Fringilla montifringilla
LC 👀 230 in NL
#0674 📷 7Eurasian Siskin
🇳🇱 Sijs
Spinus spinus
LC 👀 215 in NL
#0679 📷 10Eurasian Bullfinch
🇳🇱 Goudvink
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
LC 👀 210 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 558633, Wikidata Q10965357, GBIF 7668711, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.