Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (30)
- Subspecies (6)
Peter Clement
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 16, 2019
Text last updated April 16, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Източна зеленика |
| Catalan | verdum oriental |
| Chinese | 金翅雀 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 金翅雀 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 金翅雀 |
| Croatian | maslinastoglavi zelendur |
| Dutch | Chinese groenling |
| English | Oriental Greenfinch |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Grey-capped Greenfinch |
| English (United States) | Oriental Greenfinch |
| Estonian | ida-rohevint |
| French | Verdier de Chine |
| French (Canada) | Verdier de Chine |
| German | Chinagrünfink |
| Greek | Ανατολικός Φλώρος |
| Icelandic | Mosafinka |
| Japanese | カワラヒワ |
| Korean | 방울새 |
| Mongolian | Нангиад ногоолдой |
| Norwegian | orientfink |
| Polish | dzwoniec chiński |
| Russian | Китайская зеленушка |
| Serbian | Istočna zelentarka |
| Slovak | zelienka zvonivá |
| Spanish | Verderón Chino |
| Spanish (Spain) | Verderón chino |
| Swedish | orientgrönfink |
| Thai | นกจาบปีกอ่อนเขียวหัวเทา |
| Turkish | Çin Floryası |
| Ukrainian | Зеленяк китайський |
Chloris sinica (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla sinica
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.321.
TYPE LOCALITY:
China ; restricted to Macao by Jacobi, 1923, Abh. Ber. Mus. Dresden, 16 (1), p. 25.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CHLORIS
- chloris
- sinica
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Oriental Greenfinch
