Yellow-breasted Greenfinch - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Satie Sharma
Saat-Taal, Nainital, India, December 2005

Chloris spinoides

Carduelis spinoides

Identification

12–14 cm
Male

• Blackish head
• Bright yellow wing bars
• Forked tail

Distribution

Asia found in China, Tibet, Nepal
South Asia: Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar and Vietnam

Taxonomy

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• C. s. spinoides:

• Pakistan to south-eastern Tibet, south-western China, northern India, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan

• C. s. heinrichi:

• North-eastern India (south-eastern Assam and Manipur) to western Myanmar (Mount Victoria)

Habitat

Montane open oak and pine forests, rhododendrons, gardens, groves and shrubbery.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of a variety of seeds, including pine, alder and thistle heads.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-breasted Greenfinch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-breasted_Greenfinch

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