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thumb The common linnet (''Linaria cannabina'') is a small passerine bird of the finch family, Fringillidae. It derives its scientific name from its fondness for hemp and its English name from its liking for seeds of flax, from which linen is made. ==Taxonomy== In 1758 Linnaeus included the common linnet in the 10th edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' under the binomial name, ''Acanthis cannabina''. ''Acanthis'' is the classical Latin word for a small unidentified bird mentioned by Aristotle. Acanthis was a woman in Greek mythology who was transformed into a bird. The species name ''cannabina'' comes from the Latin for hemp. The common linnet was formerly placed in the genus ''Carduelis'' but was moved to the genus ''Linaria'' based on a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. There are seven recognised subspecies:〔 * ''L. c. autochthona'' (Clancey, 1946) – Scotland * ''L. c. cannabina'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – western, central and northern Europe, western and central Siberia. Non-breeding in north Africa and southwest Asia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Common linnet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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