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 LC    Yellow-breasted Greenfinch* Id (Atlas):
    Chloris spinoides

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Yellow-breasted Greenfinch, Himalayan Greenfinch, Himalayan Goldfinch

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
13.50 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1831)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude shrubland, temperate shrubland and forest, pastureland, arable land.

Range (Guide)
Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Unknown to Afghanistan.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

 
Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (Chloris spinoides) [XC35572]
     by Arnold Meijer from Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh, India (song)

 
Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (Chloris spinoides) [XC113851]
     by Mike Dooher from Lapah, Great Himalayan National Park, Sainj Valley Himachal Pradesh, India (call, contact calls)

Subspecies
Probably forms superspecies with Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) and European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) and with Black-headed Greenfinch (Chloris ambigua) and presumably also Vietnamese Greenfinch (Chloris monguilloti).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • spinoides (Vigors, 1831)   -  Northern Pakistan eastern in Himalayas to Bhutan and north-eastern India (western Arunachal Pradesh) and south-western China (southern Xizang).
  • heinrichi (Stresemann, 1940)   -  North-eastern India (southern Assam hills, Nagaland and Manipur) and western Myanmar (Chin Hills south to Mt Victoria).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (Chloris spinoides) - 10 files


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