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Black-headed Greenfinch
Chloris ambigua (Oustalet, J-FÉ 1896)
The black-headed greenfinch is a small passerine bird in the family Fringillidae. It is found in the Chinese province of Yunnan, northern Laos, eastern Myanmar and adjacent areas of Vietnam, Thailand and Northeast India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Fringillidae
Genus:
Chloris
Scientific:
Chloris ambigua
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Fringillidae
Genus:
Chloris
Scientific:
Chloris ambigua
Original description
Citation:
(Oustalet, J-FÉ 1896)
Reference:
Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat.
2 p.186
Protonym:
Chrysomitris ambigua
Type locality:
Mienning; Yun Chou, a little north of Mienning ; and banks of Sang pi Kiang River, Yunnan.
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
380A28B49BE8FD31
Avibase ID:
avibase-380A28B4
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/380A28B4
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 997810
Geographic range:
- Chloris ambigua ambigua: mountains of southeastern Tibet to southwestern China, northern Myanmar, northern Laos, and northwestern Tonkin
- Chloris ambigua taylori: mountains of southeastern Tibet and far western Sichuan
Source: Clements checklist
Black-headed Greenfinch
Catalan:
verdum capnegre
Czech:
zvonek černohlavý
Danish:
Sorthovedet Grønirisk
German:
Schwarzkopf-Grünfink
Spanish:
Verderón Cabecinegro
Spanish (Spain):
Verderón Cabecinegro
Finnish:
kiinanvihervarpunen
French:
Verdier d'Oustalet
Croatian:
crnoglavi zelendur
Hungarian:
jünnani zöldike
Italian:
Verdone testanera
Japanese (romaji):
zugurokawarahiwa
Japanese:
ズグロカワラヒワ
Lithuanian:
Juodagalvė žaliukė
Dutch:
Yunnangroenling
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Yunnanfink
Norwegian:
Yunnanfink
Polish:
dzwoniec ubogi
Portuguese:
Verdilhão-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Portugal):
verdilhão-de-cabeça-preta
Russian:
Черноголовая зеленушка
Slovak:
zelienka čepcová
Serbian:
Crnoglava zelentarka
Swedish:
svarthuvad grönfink
Ukrainian:
Зеленяк чорноголовий
Chinese:
黑头金翅雀
Chinese (Traditional):
黑頭金翅雀
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Verdier d'Oustalet ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Verdier d'Oustalet ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Yunnan Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Yunnan Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Chloris ambigua) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Oriental Bird Club: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Carduelis ambigua [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Carduelis ambigua [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Carduelis ambigua [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Black-headed Greenfinch ( Carduelis ambigua) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Carduelis ambigua [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Chloris ambigua [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Azerbaijani: qarabaş yaşılca
Bulgarian: Черноглава зеленика
Catalan: verdum capnegre
Czech: Zvonek cernohlavý, zvonek černohlavý
Danish: Sorthovedet Grønfinke, Sorthovedet Grønirisk
German: Himalayagrünling, Schwarzkopf-Grünfink, Schwarzkopfgrünling
English: Black-headed Greenfinch, Oustalet's Black-headed Greenfinch, Oustalet's Greenfinch, Qustalet's black-headed greenfinch, Tibetan Greenfinch, Yunnan Black-headed Greenfinch, Yunnan Greenfinch
English, HBW: Black-headed Greenfinch
English (IOC): Black-headed Greenfinch
English (United States): Black-headed Greenfinch
Spanish: Verderón Cabecinegro, Verderòn de cabeza negra, Verderón de Yunnan
Spanish (Spain): Verderón Cabecinegro
Spanish (HBW): Black-headed Greenfinch
Estonian: yunnani rohevint
Finnish: Kiinanvihervarpunen
French: Verdier à tête noire, Verdier d’Oustalet, Verdier de'Oustalet, Verdier d'Oustalet, Verdier du Yunnan
Croatian: crnoglavi zelendur
Hungarian: jünnani zöldike
Italian: Verdone della testa nera, Verdone testanera
Japanese (romaji): zu-guro kawara hiwa, zugurokawarahiwa
Japanese: ズグロカワラヒワ
Japanese (Kanji): 頭黒河原鶸
Scientific: Carduelis ambigua, Carduelis ambigua ambigua, Chloris ambigua, Chloris ambigua ambigua, Chrysomitris ambigua
Lithuanian: Juodagalvė žaliukė
Latvian: melngalvas zaļžubīte
Dutch: Yunnangroenling
Norwegian Nynorsk: Yunnanfink
Norwegian: Yunnanfink
Polish: dzwoniec ubogi
Pinyin: hēi-tóu jīn-chì, hēi-tóu jīn-chì-què
Portuguese: Verdilhão-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Portugal): verdilhão-de-cabeça-preta
Russian: Черноголовая зеленушка
Slovak: zelienka čepcová
Serbian: Crnoglava zelentarka
Swedish: Svarthuvad grönfink
Thai: นกจาบปีกอ่อนเขียว
Thai (Transliteration): nók càap-pìik-òaan kʰĭaw
Turkish: Kara başlı florya
Ukrainian: Зеленяк чорноголовий
Vietnamese: Chim Sẻ đồng đầu đen, Chim Sẻ thông đầu đen, Sẻ thông đầu đen
Chinese: 黑头金翅, 黑头金翅雀, 黑頭金翅雀
Chinese (Traditional): 黑頭金翅, 黑頭金翅雀
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