linnet
Melodious caged finch
A linnet is a small brownish finch found across Europe and western Asia, known for its melodious song.
The male develops a crimson breast and forehead during breeding season.
Linnets were once popular as caged songbirds: She kept a linnet in a wicker cage by the window.
Sing with tremolo
- trillRapid pitch oscillation
- chirrupShort trilling bird sound
- songMusical piece with words
- finchSmall seed-eating songbird
passerine · hedgerow · thistle · gorse · aviary · birdsong · perch · nesting
Deep purplish-red shade
chestnut · rosy · buff · mottled · breeding · male · female · juvenile
warble
Sing with tremolo
finch · passerine · hedgerow · thistle · gorse · aviary · birdsong · perch · nesting · plumage
crimson
Deep purplish-red shade
russet · chestnut · rosy · buff · mottled · breeding · male · female · juvenile · seasonal
charm
Attractive personal quality
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- clusterGathered group nearby
group · hedgerow · farmland · meadow · moorland · heathland · colony · band · company · assembly
caged
Confined by bars
Victorian · cottage · nostalgia · symbolism · freedom · countryside · poetry · ballad
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- seed eatersfinch, finches, goldfinch, sparrows, canary
- songbirdsrobin, sparrow, canary, bluebird, cardinal
- Moorland Wildlifecurlew, skylark, lapwing, dunlin, merlin
- Newfoundland SlangCFA, screech, mummer, outport, bayman
- European birdsrobin, blackbird, sparrow, thrush, finch