Greenfinches
Chloris
The greenfinches are small passerine birds in the genus Chloris in the subfamily Carduelinae within the Fringillidae. 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.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
European Greenfinch
speciesChloris chloris
Oriental Greenfinch
speciesChloris sinica
Yellow-breasted Greenfinch
speciesChloris spinoides
Black-headed Greenfinch
speciesChloris ambigua
Vietnamese Greenfinch
speciesChloris monguilloti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 145356.