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[[Image:European_Greenfinch.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by silverstreak195]]
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[[Image:European_Greenfinch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|silverstreak195|silverstreak195}}]]
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==Description==
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''Carduelis chloris''
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Male varies from bright olive green in Summer to a greyer shade of green after moult, female duller and browner above. Both have brilliant yellow wing panel. A woodland bird but nowadays common in gardens. Can be aggressive when competing for food, chasing off other smaller birds.<br>
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==Identification==
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14-16cm<br />
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'''Male''' varies from bright olive green in summer to a greyer shade of green after moult<br />
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'''Female''' duller and browner above.
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[[Image:greenfinch_female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by postacrdcv<br />female greenfinch]]
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Both have brilliant yellow wing panel.
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==Distribution==
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[[Image:greenfinch_female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|postcardcv|postcardcv}}]]
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[[Europe]], north [[Africa]] and south west [[Asia]].
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==Habitats==
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Introduced to [[New Zealand]].
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==Taxonomy==
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Parks, woodlands and gardens all over Europe.<br>
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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There are 6 subspecies:
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*''C. c. chloris'':
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:*[[British Isles]], northern [[Europe]], [[Corsica]] and [[Sardinia]]; winters to southern [[Europe]]
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*''C. c. voousi'':
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:*Mountains of North [[Africa]] ([[Morocco]] and [[Algeria]])
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*''C. c. vanmarli'':
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:*Lowlands of northern [[Morocco]]
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*''C. c. aurantiiventris'':
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:*Southern [[Europe]]; winters North [[Africa]]
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*''C. c. chlorotica'':
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:*[[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]] and [[Jordan]]; winters to [[Sinai]] Peninsula and [[Egypt]]
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*''C. c. turkestanica'':
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:*Crimea to [[Caucasus]], northern [[Iran]] and [[Turkmenistan]]; winters to southern [[Iran]]
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==Breeding==
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A further 4 subspecies, ''madaraszi, harrisoni, muehlei'' and ''bilkevitschi'', are not recognised by all authorities<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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Cup of moss, grass or twigs in bush or tree.<br>
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==Food==
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Almost exclusively seeds & nuts.<br>
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==Song==
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wheezing trilling song
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==When<br>
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All year round.
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==Identification==
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wallington gardens Northumberland
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==Introduced==
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Introduced to Australia in1880s.Now found over much of coastal SE.STATUS:COMMON.
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''Originally posted by '''Dimitris'''''
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Formerly placed in genus [[:Category:Carduelis|Carduelis]].
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==Bird Song==
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==Habitat==
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Woodland edges, farmland hedges and gardens and parks.
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==Behaviour==
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Can be aggressive when competing for food, chasing off other smaller birds.
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====Diet====
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The diet includes seeds. Regularly visiting garden bird feeders.
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====Breeding====
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April to August. Twigs form the base of the nest, upon which is made a bowl of moss lined with grass, rootlets, feathers and wool and is located in a bush or tree. The clutch consists of 4-5 pale blue eggs with reddish-brown spots. Incubation takes about 2 weeks, the chicks fledging after 13-16 days. There may be up to 3 broods in the season.
''[[Media:Carduelis chloris (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
''[[Media:Carduelis chloris (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Bird Watching
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#Wikipedia
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==External Links==
==External Links==
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php/cat/all/si/Carduelis%20chloris/page/1/sort/1/perpage/12/what/allfields View more images of European Greenfinch in the gallery]
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{{GSearch|Carduelis+chloris}}
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[[Category:Birds]]
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This search looks for pictures with the new scientific name ''Chloris chloris'':
Woodland edges, farmland hedges and gardens and parks.
Behaviour
Can be aggressive when competing for food, chasing off other smaller birds.
Diet
The diet includes seeds. Regularly visiting garden bird feeders.
Breeding
April to August. Twigs form the base of the nest, upon which is made a bowl of moss lined with grass, rootlets, feathers and wool and is located in a bush or tree. The clutch consists of 4-5 pale blue eggs with reddish-brown spots. Incubation takes about 2 weeks, the chicks fledging after 13-16 days. There may be up to 3 broods in the season.
Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
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