Common linnet: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common linnet lives – recorded in 57 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Linaria cannabina
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	57 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	1.66 g (birth weight); 19 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Fringillidae

Where does the common linnet live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common linnet in 57 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a common linnet?

Wikidata records the following for the common linnet: mass 1.66 g (birth weight); 19 g (adult weight).

Is the common linnet endangered?

The common linnet’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common linnet?

The common linnet (Linaria cannabina) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Fringillidae, genus Linaria. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common linnet

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common linnet (revision 1372167616), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q27075852 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).