Species profile
European greenfinch
Chloris chloris
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are subarctic to subtropical w, c Palearctic in woods, gardens, oases: British Is. and n Scandinavia e to nw Kazakhstan, n Xinjiang (nw China) and Krasnoyarsk (sc Russia); in s to Iberian Pen., Madeira and Canary Is. (Macaronesia, w of n Africa), Morocco to Tunisia (nw, nc Africa) and ne Egypt, Mediterranean to Turkey, Cyprus, Levant. n Iraq and n Iran through Altai region to se Kazakhstan. Non breeding regions are some withdrawal from north.
- Scientific name
- Chloris chloris
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Chloris
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording European greenfinch in your journal
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