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Grey-capped Greenfinch

Chloris sinica (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The grey-capped greenfinch or Oriental greenfinch is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae that breeds in broadleaf and conifer woodlands of the East Palearctic. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Fringillidae
Genus:
   Chloris
Scientific:
  Chloris sinica


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Fringilla sinica

Type locality:
  China ; restricted to Macao by Jacobi, 1923, Abh. Ber. Mus. Dresden, 16 (1), p. 25.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/325/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  AD387364DF973681

Avibase ID:
  avibase-AD387364

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/AD387364


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 997807

Geographic range:

  • Chloris sinica sinica: western China (Gansu) to southern Manchuria
  • Chloris sinica kawarahiba: Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, and Hokkaido; winters to Japan
  • Chloris sinica ussuriensis: eastern Manchuria to southern Ussuriland and Korea
  • Chloris sinica chabarovi: Inner Mongolia to northern Manchuria
  • Chloris sinica minor: southern Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu) and Korea (Jeju Islands)
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English:
Grey-capped Greenfinch
Catalan:
verdum oriental
Czech:
zvonek čínský
Danish:
Brunirisk
German:
Chinagrünfink
Spanish:
Verderón chino
Finnish:
idänviherpeippo
French:
Verdier de Chine
Croatian:
maslinastoglavi zelendur
Hungarian:
szalagos zöldike
Italian:
Verdone orientale
Japanese:
カワラヒワ
Lithuanian:
kininė žaliukė
Dutch:
Chinese Groenling
Norwegian:
Orientfink
Polish:
dzwoniec chiński
Portuguese:
verdilhão-oriental
Portuguese (Portugal):
verdilhão-chinês
Russian:
Китайская зеленушка
Slovak:
zelienka zvonivá
Serbian:
Istočna zelentarka
Swedish:
orientgrönfink
Ukrainian:
зеленяк китайський
Chinese:
金翅雀
Chinese (Traditional):
金翅雀〔東方金翅雀〕


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Grey-capped Greenfinch ( Chloris sinica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Grey-capped Greenfinch ( Chloris sinica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Grey-capped Greenfinch ( Chloris sinica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Grey-capped Greenfinch ( Chloris sinica) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Oriental Greenfinch (Oriental) ( Chloris sinica [sinica Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Oriental Greenfinch (Oriental) ( Chloris sinica [sinica Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Oriental Greenfinch (Oriental) ( Chloris sinica [sinica Group]) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Grey-capped Greenfinch ( Chloris sinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Grey-capped Greenfinch ( Chloris sinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Grey-capped Greenfinch ( Chloris sinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Grey-capped Greenfinch ( Chloris sinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Grey-capped Greenfinch ( Chloris sinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Grey-capped Greenfinch ( Chloris sinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Grey-capped Greenfinch ( Chloris sinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Oriental Greenfinch ( Chloris sinica) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Chloris [sinica or kittlitzi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Azerbaijani: Çin yaşılcası
Bulgarian: Източна зеленика
Catalan: verdum oriental
Czech: zvonek čínský
Danish: Brunirisk
German: Chinagrünfink
English: Grey-capped Greenfinch, Grey-capped Greenfinch [sinica], Oriental Greenfinch, Oriental Greenfinch (Oriental)
Esperanto: Ĉina fringo
Spanish: Verderón chino
Estonian: ida-rohevint
Finnish: idänviherpeippo
French: Verdier de Chine, Verdier de Chine (sinica), Verdier de Chine [sinica]
Croatian: maslinastoglavi zelendur
Hungarian: szalagos zöldike
Italian: Verdone orientale
Japanese: カワラヒワ
Mongolian, Halh: алтан жигүүр, нангиад алтан жигүүр, нангиад ногоолдой, ногоолдой
Kazakh: қытайлық жасылды
Korean: 방울새
Kirghiz: Кытай жашыл мукуру
Scientific: Chloris sinica, Chloris sinica [sinica Group], Chloris sinica [sinica]
Lithuanian: kininė žaliukė
Latvian: kapuces zaļžubīte
Mongolian: алтан жигүүр, алтан жигүүр бялзуухай, нангиад алтан жигүүр, нангиад ногоолдой, ногоолдой
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): алтан жигүүр бялзуухай
Dutch: Chinese Groenling
Norwegian: Orientfink
Polish: dzwoniec chiński
Portuguese: verdilhão-oriental
Portuguese (Portugal): verdilhão-chinês
Russian: Китайская зеленушка
Slovak: zelienka zvonivá
Serbian: Istočna zelentarka
Swedish: orientgrönfink
Turkish: Çin Floryası
Tatar: Кытай чинар чыпчыгы
Ukrainian: зеленяк китайський
Chinese: 金翅雀
Chinese (Traditional): 金翅雀〔東方金翅雀〕

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