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Title: A linnet's Carduelis cannabina nest on Gozo
Authors: Galea, Raymond
Keywords: Birds -- Malta
Linnets -- Malta
Linaria
Fringillidae
Passeriformes
Issue Date: 2002
Publisher: Birdlife Malta
Citation: Galea, R. (2002). A linnet's Carduelis cannabina nest on Gozo. Il-Merill, 30, 35.
Abstract: On 11 March 1990 at 1420 hrs while walking through an area of garigue largely dominated by Tree Spurge Euphorbia dendroides and Wolfbane Periploca angustifolia a female Linnet Carduelis cannabina was flushed ca. 4-5 meters away from me. This piece of garigue is very near a sea cliff in the NE part of the Island of Gczo. On a closer examination, a nest containing 5 eggs Vv'aS found in a 75cm tall Tree Spurge. It was very well concealed by the leaves, 45cm above the ground. A bulky cup of dry grass, plant stems and small twigs, lined with hair, down and feathers. The eggs were bluish-white with some purplish spots and speckles, mostly at the wider end. On 17 March it still contained 5 eggs.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/36700
Appears in Collections:Il-Merill : issue 30 : 2002
Il-Merill : issue 30 : 2002

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