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The European greenfinch is 15 cm (5.9 in) long with a wingspan of 24.5 to 27.5 cm (9.6 to 10.8 in). It is similar in size and shape to a house sparrow, but is mainly green, with yellow in the wings and tail. The female and young birds are duller and have brown tones on the back.
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 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 basic plumage colour is brownish, sometimes greenish; many have considerable amounts of black, while white plumage is generally absent except as wing-bars or other signalling marks. Bright yellow and red carotenoid pigments are commonplace in this family, and thus blue structural colours are rather rare, as the yellow pigments turn the blue ...
Did you know Americans eat more than 28 billion chicken wings per year? More than half (54%) choose the traditional, bone-in variety. Only 46% like crispy breaded, boneless wings. See: Where You ...
Finches are a form taxon composed of unrelated but similar-looking songbirds within the family Fringillidae of the superfamily Passeroidea.. The family Fringillidae includes numerous birds not called "finches" in their common names, including the crossbills, siskins, and waxbills.
Several chains sell boneless wings, but for our survey we decided to stick with the authentic bone-in variety, and calculated the price-per-wing based on the standard order of nine, 10, or 12 ...
The species have a Eurasian distribution except for the European greenfinch, which also occurs in North Africa. These finches all have large conical bills and yellow patches on the wing feathers. The greenfinches were formerly placed in the genus Carduelis .