Greenfinch
Greenfinch | |
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European greenfinch (Chloris chloris); male | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Chloris Cuvier, 1800 |
Type species | |
Loxia chloris[1] Linnaeus, 1758
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Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Chloris Cuvier, 1800 (but see text) |
The greenfinches are small
These finches all have large conical bills and yellow patches on the wing feathers.
The greenfinches were formerly placed in the genus
Extant species
The genus contains six species:[4][6]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Chloris ambigua | Black-headed greenfinch | Yunnan, northern Laos, eastern Myanmar and adjacent areas of Vietnam, Thailand and northeastern India |
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Chloris chloris | European greenfinch | Europe, North Africa and Southwest Asia |
Chloris sinica | Grey-capped greenfinch | East Asia | |
Chloris kittlitzi | Bonin greenfinch[7] | The Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands | |
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Chloris monguilloti | Vietnamese greenfinch | southern Vietnam |
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Chloris spinoides | Yellow-breasted greenfinch | Northern regions of the Indian subcontinent |
Fossil species
- Trias greenfinch (Chloris triasi) - Holocene of La Palma, the Canary Islands, Spain
- Slender-billed greenfinch (Chloris aurelioi) - Holocene of Tenerife, the Canary Islands, Spain
References
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- ^ "Fringillidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- PMID 22023825. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ Cuvier, Georges (1800). Leçons d'anatomie comparée. Vol. 1. Paris: Baudouin. Table 2. The year on the title page is An VIII.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- PMID 32549542.