linnet

noun2

1. •
   A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.

   • I heard a linnet courting His lady in the spring […] — 1890
2. •
   (US) A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America.