Black-headed Greenfinch (Chloris ambigua)

Other Names (World)
Black-headed Greenfinch, Tibetan Greenfinch, Yunnan (Black-headed) Greenfinch, Oustalet's Black-headed Greenfinch

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
13 - 13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Oustalet, 1896)

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

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

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 (18)...)

Black-headed Greenfinch (Chloris ambigua) [XC210463]
by Albert Lastukhin from Sapa, Vietnam (call, song)

Black-headed Greenfinch (Chloris ambigua) [XC313856]
by Ray Tsu \u8bf8\u4ec1 from Kalaw, Taunggyi, Shan, Myanmar (call, song)

Subspecies
Probably forms superspecies with Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica), Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (Chloris spinoides), European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) and presumably also Vietnamese Greenfinch (Chloris monguilloti). Has been treated as conspecific with Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (Chloris spinoides) and Vietnamese Greenfinch (Chloris monguilloti).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

taylori (Kinnear, 1939) - Southern China (south-eastern Xizang). Non-breeding (possibly resident) also extreme north-eastern India (north-eastern Arunachal Pradesh).
ambigua (Oustalet, 1896) - Southern China (western and southern Sichuan, western and south-eastern Yunnan, western Guizhou), north-eastern and eastern Myanmar, northern Laos and north-western Vietnam (western Tonkin). Non-breeding north-western Thailand.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-headed Greenfinch (Chloris ambigua) - 10 files

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