Twite: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the twite lives – recorded in 18 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Linaria flavirostris
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	18 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Mass	1.37 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Fringillidae

Where does the twite live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the twite in 18 countries and territories across Asia and Europe.

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 twite?

Wikidata records the following for the twite: mass 1.37 g (birth weight).

Is the twite endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the twite?

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

About the twite

The twite (Linaria flavirostris) 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 mountains from eastern Turkey to Nepal, western China and Mongolia. It mainly feeds on small seeds but occasionally also feeds on insects.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Twite (revision 1354935424), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q10965357 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).