Greenfinch
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The greenfinches are small passerine birds in the genus Chloris in the subfamily Carduelinae within the Fringillidae. The species have a Eurasian distribution except for the European greenfinch, which also occurs in North Africa.
These finches all have large conical bills and yellow patches on the wing feathers.
The greenfinches were formerly placed in the genus Carduelis. Molecular phylogenetic studies showed that the greenfinches form a monophyletic group that is not closely related to the species in Carduelis and instead is sister to a clade containing the desert finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta) and the Socotra golden-winged grosbeak (Rhynchostruthus socotranus).[1] The greenfinches were therefore moved to the resurrected genus Chloris which had originally been introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1800 with the European greenfinch as the type species.[2][3] The name is from Ancient Greek khloris, the European greenfinch, from khloros, "green".[4]
Extant species
The genus contains six species:[3][5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Chloris ambigua, captive.jpg | Chloris ambigua | Black-headed greenfinch | Yunnan, northern Laos, eastern Myanmar and adjacent areas of Vietnam, Thailand and northeastern India |
| File:Carduelis chloris 3 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg | Chloris chloris | European greenfinch | Europe, North Africa and Southwest Asia |
| File:Carduelis sinica minor s2.JPG | Chloris sinica | Oriental greenfinch | East Asia |
| Chloris kittlitzi | Bonin greenfinch[6] | The Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands | |
| File:Chloris monguilloti, Gung Ré, Di Linh, Lâm Đồng, Vietnam 01.jpg | Chloris monguilloti | Vietnamese greenfinch | southern Vietnam |
| File:Yellow-fronted-greenfinch 30101927211 o 01.jpg | Chloris spinoides | Yellow-breasted greenfinch | Northern regions of the Indian subcontinent |
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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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