Linnet

Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota Acanthis and allied genera esp the common European species Linota cannabina which in full summer plumage is chestnut brown above with the breast more or less crimson The feathers of its head are grayish brown tipped with crimson Called also gray linnet red linnet rose linnet brown linnet lintie lintwhite gorse thatcher linnet finch and greater redpoll The American redpoll linnet Acanthis linaria often has the crown and throat rosy See Redpoll and Twite