Chloris
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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.
Species
Rhodes-grasses
Genus
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyFringillidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,160
- With media
- 947
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, IIB-UV, INECOL, IEA-UAT, GH, CICY
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Belice, United States, United Kingdom, Dominican Republic, Argentina
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Fringillidae
- Image
- European Greenfinch male female.jpg
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- Chloris
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- Chloris
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- Category:Chloris (bird)
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- Chloris (Fringillidae)
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chloris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.