Linaria cannabina
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The common linnet or Eurasian 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.
In 1758, the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus included the common linnet in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name, Acanthis cannabina. The species was formerly placed in the genus Carduelis but based on the results of a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences published in 2012, it was moved to the genus Linaria that had been introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802.
The genus name linaria is the Latin for a linen-weaver, from linum, "flax". The species name cannabina comes from the Latin for hemp. The English name has a similar root, being derived from Old French linette, from lin, "flax".
There are seven recognised subspecies: Non-breeding in north Africa...
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dresden Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Yerevan Zoo | 🇦🇲 Armenia | |
| 3 | Penza Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Linnet sighting in Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 54th most-seen of the 70 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Linnet in Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) on a given day, against under 5% in June–August and October–April, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Linnet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
28th of 29
Of the 29 parks where we can rate Linnet sightings, Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) ranks 28th at under 5%. The best odds are in Picos de Europa National Park (Spain, about 50%), Mercantour National Park (France, about 50%) and Vanoise National Park (France, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Fringillidae
The closest relatives of the Linnet that you can see in Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) (family Fringillidae, Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) are Island Canary (about 60%), Tenerife Blue Chaffinch (about 20%) and Eurasian Goldfinch (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Linnet is recorded against all the birds logged in Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) (15 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
