Birds and wildlife

Twite

Linaria flavirostrisGroup: FinchesUK Conservation status:Red

How to identify

The Twite is a small, brown finch closely related to the Linnet, but with a shorter tail and stubbier beak. Its back is tawny, heavily streaked with dark brown and is white below with dark-brown streaks on its lower sides. The rump is pink on males but brown on females. Like the Linnet, it feeds on seeds year-round.

Call

Twite

Patrik Åberg / xeno-canto

Key

  1. Resident
  2. Passage
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* This map is intended as a guide. It shows general distribution rather than detailed, localised populations.
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