Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Groenling
Common Names in English:
European Greenfinch, Greenfinch, Western Greenfinch
Common Names in French:
Verdier D'europe
Common Names in German:
Grünfink, Grünling, Grünling (Grünfink)
Common Names in Hebrew:
ירקון
Common Names in Italian:
Verdone
Common Names in Japanese:
アオカワラヒワ
Common Names in Russian:
Зеленушка, Zelenushka
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.1Forest - Boreal
1.4Forest - Temperate
3.8Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation
14.1Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
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- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
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- Birds
- Order:
Passeriformes
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- Perching Birds
- Subfamily:
Fringillinae
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)
- Tribe:
Carduelini
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)
- Genus:
Carduelis
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)
- Brisson 1760 Orn. 1 p.36; 3 p.53
- Specific name:
chloris
- (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.174
- Scientific name: - Carduelis chloris (Linnaeus) 1758
- Specific name:
chloris
- (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.174
- Genus:
Carduelis
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- Tribe:
Carduelini
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- Subfamily:
Fringillinae
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- Order:
Passeriformes
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- Class:
Aves
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- Phylum:
Chordata
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Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Carduelis
There are approximately 140 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
C. ambigua (Black-Headed Greenfinch) · C. ambigua ambigua (Black-Headed Greenfinch) · C. atrata (Black Siskin) · C. atriceps (Black-Capped Siskin) · C. barbata (Black-Chinned Siskin) · C. barbatus · C. cabaret · C. caniceps · C. cannabina (Eurasian Linnet) · C. cannabina autochthona · C. cannabina bella · C. cannabina cannabina (Eurasian Linnet) · C. cannabina harterti · C. cannabina meadewaldoi · C. cannabina mediterranea · C. cannabina x · C. carduelis (Eurasian Goldfinch) · C. carduelis balcanica · C. carduelis britannica · C. carduelis brittanica · C. carduelis caniceps · C. carduelis carduelis (Eurasian Goldfinch) · C. carduelis elegan · C. carduelis loudoni · C. carduelis major · C. carduelis niediecki · C. carduelis paropanisi · C. carduelis parva · C. carduelis propeparva · C. carduelis schiebeli · C. carduelis ssp · C. carduelis subulata · C. carduelis tschusii · C. carduelis volgensis · C. carduellis · C. carduellis balcanica · C. carduellis rumaniae · C. chloris (European Greenfinch) · C. chloris aurantiiventris · C. chloris chlorotica · C. chloris harrisoni · C. chloris turkestanika · C. chloris vanmarli · C. chloris voousi · C. chloris x · C. citrinella · C. citrinella citrinella · C. citrinella corsicana · C. corsicana · C. crassirostris (Thick-Billed Siskin) · C. crassirostris amadoni · C. crassirostris crassirostris (Thick-Billed Siskin) · C. cucullata (Red Siskin) · C. deichleri · C. dominicensis (Antillean Siskin) · C. flammea (Common Redpoll) · C. flammea cabaret (Common Redpoll) · C. flammea carbaret · C. flammea exilipes · C. flammea flammea · C. flammea holboellii · C. flammea hornemanni · C. flammea rostrata · C. flavirostris (Twite) · C. flavirostris brevirostris · C. flavirostris flavirostris (Twite) · C. flavirostris miniakensis · C. flavirostris pipilans · C. flavirostris rufostrigata · C. hornemanni (Hoary Redpoll) · C. hornemanni exilipes · C. hornemanni hornemanni (Hoary Redpoll) · C. johannis (Warsangli Linnet) · C. lawrencei (Lawrence's Goldfinch) · C. lawrencii · C. linaria · C. magellanica (Hooded Siskin) · C. magellanica alleni · C. magellanica boliviana · C. magellanica capitalis · C. magellanica hoyi · C. magellanica icterica · C. magellanica ictericus · C. magellanica magellanica (Hooded Siskin) · C. magellanica paula · C. magellanica peruana · C. magellanica urubambensis · C. magellanicus · C. monguilloti (Vietnamese Greenfinch) · C. nipalensis · C. notata (Black-Headed Siskin) · C. notata forreri · C. notata notata (Black-Headed Siskin) · C. notata oleacea · C. olivacea (Olivaceous Siskin) · C. orientalis · C. pinus (Northern Canary Bird) · C. pinus macroptera · C. pinus perplexa · C. pinus pinus (Northern Canary Bird)
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Further Reading
- Avifauna Macedonica; die ornithologischen Ergenisse der Forschungsreisen, unternommen nach Mazedonien durch Prof. Dr. Doflein und Prof. L. M... in den Jahren 1917 und 1918. M, Dultz & co., 1920. GER url p. 22, p. 261, p. 58.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Blacke, E.R.; Greenway, J.; Howell, T.; Lowery, G.; Mayr, E.; Monroe, B.; Paynter, R.; Rand, A. & Traylor M. (1968): Check-List of the Birds of the World. Volume XIV. - In: Check-List of the Birds of the World (Museum of Comparative Zoology ed.), ser. Vol. 14, Blacke et al.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 26 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, GEO Biodiversity Day
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Herts Bird Club - Hertfordshire Breeding Bird Atlas : 1988-1992
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3850074
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-559044
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14120090
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 559044
- IUCN ID: 53427
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 135509
