Common Linnet

Carduelis cannabina cannabina

The Lintie (Carduelis cannabina) or lintwhite is a wee bird in the finch faimily Fringillidae.

Whiles ither birds is kent as linties an aw.

• The rose lintie (Acanthis flammea)
• The dulser (Anthus petrosus)
• The reid-heidit finch (Carduelis cabaret)
• The green lintie (Carduelis chloris)
• The muir lintie (Carduelis flavirostris)
• The whin-chacker or (Saxicola rubetra)
• The yorlin (Emberiza citrinella)
• The shilfie (Fringilla coelebs)

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