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Linaria flavirostris

16,436Records since 2000

OctoberPeak month

81Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,651

Feb919

Mar954

Apr954

May1,826

Jun1,188

Jul881

Aug958

Sep1,623

Oct2,749

Nov1,304

Dec878

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Shetland Islands	—	4,590
2	Highland	Scotland	1,553
3	Orkney Islands	Scotland	1,015
4	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	1,012
5	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	1,011
6	Cambridgeshire	England	711
7	East Lothian	Scotland	623
8	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	477
9	Norfolk	England	374
10	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	358
11	Lincolnshire	England	219
12	Suffolk	England	157
13	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	140
14	Cumbria	England	132
15	Sefton	England	128

4,648 England11,032 Scotland173 Wales548 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 16,436
Peak month: October
Counties with records: 81
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Linaria flavirostris
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 13,621
Most recorded in: Shetland Islands, Highland, Orkney Islands, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Argyll and Bute, Cambridgeshire, East Lothian, Causeway Coast and Glens, Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk +10
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Linaria
Name with authority: Linaria flavirostris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 25