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Bird call
Common Linnet (Linaria cannabina) call
A pleasant, rapid twittering of trills and buzzes from hedges and gorse.
Listen to the Common Linnet call
A field recording of the Common Linnet (Linaria cannabina) by Mike Kerry, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Common Linnet in farmland and hedgerow habitats.
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Sounds similar
Birds that sound similar to the Common Linnet
These birds belong to the finch family, like the Common Linnet, so their calls can sound alike.
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Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
A short accelerating rattle that ends in a flourish.
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European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Liquid tinkling twitters, usually given in flight.
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European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
A long wheezy dzweee among canary-like twitters.
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Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
A soft, low, piping 'pew' whistle, given quietly from deep in hedges.
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Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
High, thin 'sssit' contact calls from busy flocks.
Questions
Questions about the Common Linnet
What does the Common Linnet sound like?
A pleasant, rapid twittering of trills and buzzes from hedges and gorse. Listen to the recording above.
Which birds sound like the Common Linnet?
Common Chaffinch, European Goldfinch, European Greenfinch, Eurasian Bullfinch and Red-browed Finch sound similar.
Where can I hear the Common Linnet?
SongLark teaches it in its Birds of England course.
How can I learn the Common Linnet call?
In SongLark's Birds of England course, it comes in Level 5: Farmland & Open Country. SongLark teaches it by ear with real field recordings.
Courses
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SongLark teaches the Common Linnet in its Birds of England course. Each course plays real field recordings and brings every bird back for review just before you would forget it.
- In Birds of England, the Common Linnet comes in Level 5: Farmland & Open Country. That Level is about fields, hedgerows and big skies.
Learn it with these birds in Level 5 of Birds of England
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Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
An unbroken bubbling song delivered high overhead.
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Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
A dry repeated phrase that ends on one long thin note.
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Carrion Crow Corvus corone
A hard, rolling 'kraah-kraah-kraah', usually in threes; an all-black crow seen singly or in pairs.
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Rook Corvus frugilegus
A flat, grating 'kaah', deeper and more nasal than a crow; noisy colonies in tall trees by fields.
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Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
A bright, squeaky 'tchack!' or 'kyow' from chimney pots and church towers; a small grey-naped crow.
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Red Kite Milvus milvus
A high, wavering whistle, 'weee-oo-weeoo-weeoo'; a russet raptor with a deeply forked tail.
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Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
A wheezy, plaintive 'pee-wit' that gives it its old name, Peewit; tumbling display flights over fields.
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Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
An explosive double croak followed by whirring wingbeats.
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