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Common Name

European Greenfinch

Alternate Names

Greenfinch

Common Type

Greenfinch

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Fringillidae

Genus

Chloris

Species

chloris

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Britain

Number of Sub-Species

Ten Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Woodland edges, farmland hedges, gardens.

Distribution and Range

Europe, North Africa and Southwest Asia

Food

Seed eater but raise their young almost entirely on arthropods.

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Bird

European Greenfinch

Greenfinch

Greenfinch

Passeriformes

Fringillidae

Chloris

chloris

Least Concern

Britain

Ten Sub Species

Resident

Woodland edges, farmland hedges, gardens.

Europe, North Africa and Southwest Asia

Seed eater but raise their young almost entirely on arthropods.

In Malta it is considered a prestigious songbird and has been trapped and domesticated.