European Greenfinch Chloris chloris Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (47)
- Subspecies (6)
Peter Clement and Eduardo de Juana
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 27, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 27, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Gjelbërushja |
| Arabic | حسون خضيري |
| Armenian | Կանաչ սերինոս |
| Asturian | Verderón común |
| Azerbaijani | Adi yaşılca |
| Basque | Txorru arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Зеленика |
| Catalan | Verdum europeu |
| Chinese (SIM) | 欧金翅雀 |
| Croatian | zelendur |
| Czech | zvonek zelený |
| Danish | Grønirisk |
| Dutch | Groenling |
| English | European Greenfinch |
| English (United States) | European Greenfinch |
| Faroese | Grønígða |
| Finnish | viherpeippo |
| French | Verdier d'Europe |
| French (French Guiana) | Verdier d'Europe |
| Galician | Verderolo común |
| German | Grünfink |
| Greek | Φλώρος |
| Hebrew | ירקון |
| Hungarian | Zöldike |
| Icelandic | Grænfinka |
| Italian | Verdone |
| Japanese | アオカワラヒワ |
| Latvian | Zaļžubīte |
| Lithuanian | Žaliukė |
| Mongolian | Эгэл ногоолдой |
| Norwegian | grønnfink |
| Persian | سهره سبز |
| Polish | dzwoniec |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | verdelhão |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Verdilhão |
| Romanian | Florinte |
| Russian | Обыкновенная зеленушка |
| Serbian | Zelentarka |
| Slovak | zelienka obyčajná |
| Slovenian | Zelenec |
| Spanish | Verderón Común |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Verderón |
| Spanish (Spain) | Verderón común |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Verderón |
| Swedish | grönfink |
| Turkish | Florya |
| Ukrainian | Зеленяк звичайний |
Chloris chloris (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Loxia chloris
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.174.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe; restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1903, Vogel pal. Fauna, p. 61.
Definitions
- CHLORIS
- chloris
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the European Greenfinch