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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Twite feeds on a sheaf of oats |
| Image notes: |
These days�Twite breed mainly around the coast of Shetland, though they used to nest on hills and moorland. |
| Species in Image: |
Twite |
| Date: |
1973 |
| Area: |
Yell |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc02019 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Twite |
| Latin Name |
Carduelis flavirostris |
| Shetland Name |
Lintie |
| Latin Group Name |
Passeriformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Fringillidae |
| Common Family Name |
Finches |
| Description |
Fairly common breeding resident and summer visitor. There has been a considerable decrease in the Shetland population since the early 20th century, though there is little data to quantify this as numbers were not taken until the 1980s. |
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