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Webster 1913 Edition
Twite
Twite
,Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
The European tree sparrow.
(b)
The mountain linnet (
Linota flavirostris
). [Prov. Eng.]
Definition 2024
twite
twite
English
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A twite
Noun
twite (plural twites)
- A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.
- 1976, J. T. R. Sharrock, The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland, page 420,
- The Twite has the distinction of being the only European bird derived from the Tibetan fauna type.
- 1986, Valerie M. Thom, Birds in Scotland, page 331,
- Twites also breed in southwest and central Asia – at up to 3,500 m asl in Tibet – and it is supposed that the European relict populations became isolated during the retreat of the ice age (Voous 1960).
- 2007, Simon Wood, The Birds of Essex, page 557,
- With subsequent climate warming, Twites in Europe followed the tundra north and became isolated.
- 1976, J. T. R. Sharrock, The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland, page 420,
Synonyms
- (Linaria flavirostris): heather lintie (Scotland, Orkney), mountain linnet
Translations
Carduelis flavirostris
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