Common Linnet

The common linnet is a small, slim finch with a long tail, brown upperparts and a grey bill. Breeding males have a grey nape, a red head patch and a red breast, and females and young lack the red. It lives in open land with thick bushes, including heathland and gardens, and eats mainly seeds from weeds and wild plants, with a few invertebrates (Wikipedia, general species account).

It nests in bushes with four to seven eggs, forms large flocks outside the breeding season and sings trills and twitters. It breeds in Europe, the western Palearctic and North Africa, with northern and eastern birds migrating. The source has no Nepal or South Asia information, so its status on the Nepal list should be checked. Linnaeus described it in 1758 (Wikipedia, general species account).