Yellow-breasted Greenfinch
Chloris spinoides(Vigors, NA, 1831)
English (US) Yellow-breasted Greenfinch
The Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (Chloris spinoides) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Chloris spinoides
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Chloris spinoides spinoides
- Chloris spinoides heinrichi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Carduelis spinoides
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1831)
- Type locality
- Himalayas ; restricted to Simla by Baker, 1921, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 27, p. 730.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.4 p.44
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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