Small bird (approx 13 cm or 5 in). Brown upperparts and ocher paler underparts, like the flanks. Males in the breeding season show a very striking stain of carmine red on the breast and forehead. Females with plenty of streaks in the plumage. Dark wings with a white spot. Low-cut tail with white outer feathers. Very terrestrial habits, gregarious and little hops as movement on the ground.
Scrubland
Species of open landscapes, plains, meadows, olive groves, steppes and sparse thickets with space for grass formations. Common in fallows, roadsides and dry crops.
Species resident in the province. It breeds in April and May. One annual laying of 4 to 6 eggs. Nest in dense bushes. Granivore, consumer of herbaceous seeds and insects in the breeding season. Gregarious and often on mixed flocks in which other species of finches are present.
Abundant and frequent species throughout the province. It can be watched almost at any stage of the Great Path, especially in those that are not forest or high mountain. For example, it is present in steps 1 to 4, 7 to 12, 14 to 18, 22, 23, 32 and 35.
The Common Linnet is a bird of thistles (Carduelis) that feeds, among other things, from seeds of hemp (cannabina). Recent genetic studies suggest renaming it as Linaria cannabina, in relation to another group of plants also very common in the fields and roadsides, the linaria or toadflax. This linnet is one of the most appreciated wild songbirds.
- Altos de Hondonero
- Camino de la Fuenfría
- Campillos – Sierra de Yeguas
- El Cerro de Santi Petri
- El Torcal
- Genal and Guadiaro rivers junction
- GR 249. Stage 09. Periana - Alfarnatejo (Pulgarín Alto)
- GR 249. Stage 01. Málaga - Rincón de la Victoria
- GR 249. Stage 02. Rincón de la Victoria - Vélez-Málaga
- GR 249. Stage 03. Vélez-Málaga - Torrox
- GR 249. Stage 04. Torrox - Nerja
- GR 249. Stage 05. Nerja - Frigiliana
- GR 249. Stage 06. Frigiliana - Cómpeta
- GR 249. Stage 07. Cómpeta - Canillas de Aceituno
- GR 249. Stage 08. Canillas de Aceituno - Periana
- GR 249. Stage 10. Alfarnatejo (Pulgarín Alto) - Alfarnate
- GR 249. Stage 11. Alfarnate - Villanueva del Rosario
- GR 249. Stage 12. Villanueva del Rosario - Archidona
- GR 249. Stage 13. Archidona - Villanueva de Tapia
- GR 249. Stage 14. Villanueva de Tapia - Villanueva de Algaidas
- GR 249. Stage 15. Villanueva de Algaidas - Cuevas Bajas
- GR 249. Stage 16. Cuevas Bajas - Alameda
- GR 249. Stage 17. Alameda - Fuente de Piedra
- GR 249. Stage 18. Fuente de Piedra - Campillos
- GR 249. Stage 19. Campillos - Embalses del Guadalhorce
- GR 249. Stage 20. Embalses del Guadalhorce - Estación de El Chorro (Álora)
- GR 249. Stage 21. Estación de El Chorro (Álora) - Carratraca - Ardales
- GR 249. Stage 22. Ardales - El Burgo
- GR 249. Stage 23. El Burgo - Ronda
- GR 249. Stage 24. Ronda - Estación de Benaoján
- GR 249. Stage 25. Estación de Benaoján - Jimera de Líbar
- GR 249. Stage 26. Jimera de Líbar - Benalauría
- GR 249. Stage 29. Casares - Estepona
- GR 249. Stage 32. Ojén - Mijas
- GR 249. Stage 33. Mijas - Benalmádena
- GR 249. Stage 34. Benalmádena - Alhaurín de la Torre
- GR 249. Stage 35. Alhaurín de la Torre - Málaga
- Hoz de Marín
- Lagunas de Campillos
- Llanos de Líbar
- Los Llanos de Antequera – Cartaojal – La Sarteneja
- Quejigales - Puerto de Los Pilones
- Sierra del Padrastro
- The Mouth of Rio Velez
- Valley of the Guadalhorce River
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