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The European greenfinch or simply the greenfinch (Chloris chloris) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. This bird is widespread throughout Europe, North Africa and Southwest Asia. It is mainly resident, but some northernmost populations migrate further south.
Black-headed greenfinch: Yunnan, northern Laos, eastern Myanmar and adjacent areas of Vietnam, Thailand and northeastern India Chloris chloris: European greenfinch: Europe, North Africa and Southwest Asia Chloris sinica: Oriental greenfinch: East Asia Chloris kittlitzi: Bonin greenfinch [7] The Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands Chloris monguilloti ...
The yellow-breasted greenfinch is 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in) in length and weighs between 15 and 21 g (0.53 and 0.74 oz). It has a brown conical bill and bright yellow wing bars. The underparts are bright yellow. The sexes have similar plumage but the female is less brightly coloured. [8]
The Oriental greenfinch (Chloris sinica), also known as the grey-capped greenfinch, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae that breeds in broadleaf and conifer woodlands of the East Palearctic.
Oriental greenfinch: Unknown [106] LC [106] c. 10,000-100,000 breeding pairs [106] Chloris sinica (Linnaeus, 1766) 112 Bonin greenfinch: Unknown NE Chloris kittlitzi (Seebohm, 1890) 113 Yellow-breasted greenfinch: Unknown [107] LC [107] Chloris spinoides (Vigors, 1831) 114 Vietnamese greenfinch: Unknown [108] LC [108] Chloris monguilloti ...
The Ogasawara greenfinch has a total length of around 13–14 centimetres (5.1–5.5 in) and weighs some 17.5–19.5 grams (0.62–0.69 oz). [7] [14] [15] Compared with the Oriental greenfinch, from which the species has been recently split, the wings are shorter and overall body size smaller, but the beak is longer.
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The black-headed greenfinch was described by the French zoologist Émile Oustalet in 1896 and given the binomial name Chysomitris ambigua. [3] [4] In the past the black-headed greenfinch was included with the other greenfinches in the genus Carduelis but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that the greenfinches are not closely related to the other species in the genus Carduelis and they ...