The Twite has the distinction of being the only European bird derived from the Tibetan fauna type.
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Twite
//twaɪt//
Synonyms for "twite" (2 found)
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Translations
25 translations across 24 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- լեռնային վշասարեկ noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Bulgarian
1 entries- жълтоклюно конопарче noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Catalan
1 entries- passerell becgroc noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Czech
1 entries- konopka žlutozobá noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Danish
1 entries- bjergirisk noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Dutch
1 entries- frater noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Faroese
1 entries- íriskur noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Finnish
1 entries- vuorihemppo noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
French
1 entries- linotte à bec jaune noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
German
1 entries- Berghänfling noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Hungarian
1 entries- sárgacsőrű kenderike noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Irish
1 entries- gleoiseach sléibhe noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Italian
1 entries- fanello nordico noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Japanese
1 entries- 黄嘴鶸 noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Polish
1 entries- rzepołuch noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Portuguese
1 entries- pintarroxo de bico amarelo noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Romanian
1 entries- inăriță cu cioc galben noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Russian
2 entries- го́рная конопля́нка noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
- го́рная чечётка noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bigein-baintighearna noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Spanish
1 entries- pardillo piquigualdo noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Swedish
1 entries- vinterhämpling noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Turkish
1 entries- sarı gagalı keten kuşu noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Ukrainian
1 entries- чечітка гірська noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Welsh
1 entries- llinos y mynydd noun (Carduelis flavirostris)
Sample sentences
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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).
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With subsequent climate warming, Twites in Europe followed the tundra north and became isolated.
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