twite

English

A twite

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twaɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun

twite (plural twites)

1. A small passerine bird, (syn. ), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.
   • 1976, J. T. R. Sharrock, The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland‎^[1], 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^[2], 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^[3], page 557:

     With subsequent climate warming, Twites in Europe followed the tundra north and became isolated.

Synonyms

• (Linaria flavirostris): heather lintie (Scotland, Orkney), mountain linnet

Translations

Carduelis flavirostris

• Danish: bjergirisk (da) c
• Faroese: íriskur m
• Irish: gleoiseach sléibhe m
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• Polish: rzepołuch (pl) m
• Russian: го́рная чечётка f (górnaja čečótka), го́рная конопля́нка f (górnaja konopljánka)
• Scottish Gaelic: bigein-baintighearna m

See also

• linnet

Anagrams

• Witte, tewit