Finches (Fringillidae)
European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) - HBW 15, p. 542
French: Verdier d'Europe
German: Grünfink
Spanish: Verderón Común
Other common names: Common/Western Greenfinch
Taxonomy: Loxia chloris Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Recent phylogenetic analysis indicates that this species is closest to C. sinica and C. spinoides, probably forming a superspecies with them and with C. ambigua (and presumably including also C. monguilloti). All may be only distantly related to present congeners, suggesting that resurrection of genus Chloris appropriate; comprehensive review of all taxa in current genus required in order to determine true relationships. Has hybridized with C. carduelis. Ten subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- harrisoni ( Clancey, 1940) - Britain (except N Scotland) and Ireland.
- chloris ( Linnaeus, 1758) - N Scotland, Norway and N & C France E to C Urals, NW Kazakhstan and W Siberia, S to Hungary and N Ukraine; NE breeders migrate to S Europe.
- aurantiiventris ( Cabanis, 1851) - Madeira, Canary Is, S France and Spain (except NW) E to Croatia, W & S Greece, Crete, Dodecanese and Cyprus, also N Tunisia & NW Libya; non-breeding also Morocco E to N Egypt.
- harrisoni ( Clancey, 1940) - Britain (except N Scotland) and Ireland.
- chloris ( Linnaeus, 1758) - N Scotland, Norway and N & C France E to C Urals, NW Kazakhstan and W Siberia, S to Hungary and N Ukraine; NE breeders migrate to S Europe.
- aurantiiventris ( Cabanis, 1851) - Madeira, Canary Is, S France and Spain (except NW) E to Croatia, W & S Greece, Crete, Dodecanese and Cyprus, also N Tunisia & NW Libya; non-breeding also Morocco E to N Egypt.
- muehlei Parrot, 1905 - Serbia, Macedonia, Romania and Moldova S to C & E Greece; non-breeding also E to W Asia Minor.
- vanmarli Voous, 1951 - NW Spain, Portugal and NW Morocco.
- voousi Roselaar, 1993 - C Morocco E to N Algeria.
- madaraszi ( Tschusi, 1911) - Corsica and Sardinia.
- chlorotica ( Bonaparte, 1850) - SC Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, W Jordan and NE Egypt.
- bilkevitchi ( Zarudny, 1911) - S Ukraine (Crimea) E to Caucasus, NE Turkey, N Iran and SW Turkmenistan.
- turkestanica ( Zarudny, 1907) - W & N Tien Shan from S Kazakhstan S to Kyrgyzstan and C Tajikistan; winters S to NW Afghanistan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on seeds. Locality Lake Volvi, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 20 May 2008 2 years ago 27 sec 3.7 -
A male at a feeder, besides a male serin Locality Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp aurantiiventris)
Josep del Hoyo 14 April 2005 8 years ago 32 sec 3.7 -
A male catching fruits from a conifer Locality Rambouillet Forest, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Alain Beaufils 23 December 2010 1 year ago 32 sec 3.7 -
A male feeding on hips Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp chloris)
Eric Roualet 27 August 2005 2 years ago 7 sec 3.7 -
A male singing in a treetop, seen from below. Locality Pasvik Taiga, Svanvik, Finnmark County, Norway (ssp chloris)
Josep del Hoyo 1 April 2010 2 years ago 20 sec 3.7 -
A male eating seeds on the snow. Locality Kaamanen, Inari, Lapland Province, Finland (ssp chloris)
Josep del Hoyo 31 March 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 3.7
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A bird in the hand during a ringing session
Locality Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Aleix Comas 6 January 2003 4 years ago 3.4 -
Bird in a bush.
Locality Chasov Yar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
sergiy krasnokutskyy 10 May 2010 3 years ago 3.3 -
Taken on Pleasley Colliery spoil heap
Locality Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain
nottsexminer 8 May 2010 2 years ago 3.2 -
Adult male in the hand - portrait.
Locality Milicz Fish Ponds, Milicz, Lower Silesian Province, Poland (ssp chloris)
Hanna Sztwiertnia 9 June 2009 2 years ago 3.2 -
Standing free
Locality Pennington Flash Country Park, Lancashire, England, Great Britain
Alan Debenham 23 April 2006 3 years ago 3.2 -
An European Greenfinch in the hand (Carolles, France)
Locality Normandie, France
Jérôme Fournier 6 May 2009 3 years ago 3.2
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Calls of juveniles at the nest Locality Dordogne, Aquitanie, France
(ssp chloris)
Eric Roualet 30 June 2009 19 weeks ago 0 -
A bird calling in a road-side park. Locality Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 24 weeks ago 0
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