Common linnet

A granivore at the herbivore trophic level, it is a terrestrial, sedentary bird of shrubland and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It lays 4.9 eggs per clutch and 2.5 clutches per year, incubates eggs for 13.5 days, reaches sexual maturity at 1 year and has a lifespan of up to 9.4 years.

Weight

18.7 g – 20.5 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

24 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

9.41 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Granivoresrc for Diet

Main food

seedssrc for Main food

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

13.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

4.9src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

2.5src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The common linnet is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyFringillidae
6. genusLinaria
7. SpeciesLinaria cannabina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Acanthis cannabina, Acanthis cannabina cannabina, Cannabina linnéi, Cannabina linota, Cannabina major, Cannabina minor, Cannabina propria, Carduelis cannabina, Fringilla cannabina, Linaria vulgaris, Linophaga linaria

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Twite

Linaria flavirostris

Fringillidae

Y

Yemen linnet

Linaria yemenensis

FringillidaeNo free photo yet

W

Warsangli linnet

Linaria johannis

FringillidaeNo free photo yet

CompareCommon linnet vs TwiteCommon linnet vs Yemen linnetCommon linnet vs Warsangli linnet

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@misc{common_linnet_2026,
  title = {Common linnet (Linaria cannabina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-linnet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}