The twite is a small brown passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is a partially migratory species that is found in a strongly disjunct distribution in northern Europe, and in Asian mount
Twite, Zinc Road, Teesside
The pale subspecies L. f. montanella in northern Pakistan
Linaria is a genus of small passerine birds in the finch family that contains the twite and the linnets. The genus name linaria is the Latin for a linen-weaver, from linum, "flax".
Twite
…Fringilla flavirostris. The twite and the closely related linnets were at one time placed in the genus Carduelis but were moved to the resurrected genus Linaria based on a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences that was published in 2012. The genus had originally been described in 1802…
Common linnet,nuptial plumage,Bluthänfling
Carduelis cannabina England male 8
Linaria yemenensis 261076382