Yellow-breasted greenfinch
| Yellow-breasted greenfinch | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Genus: | Chloris |
| Species: | C. spinoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloris spinoides Vigors, 1831 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carduelis spinoides | |
The yellow-breasted greenfinch (Chloris spinoides) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family native to the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent.
Distributio and habitat
Male at Pangot, India
Eggs at Muséum de Toulouse
The species occurs primarily in the mid-altitudes of the Himalayas, and in parts of Southeast Asia. It ranges across Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate shrubland.[1]
References
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Carduelis spinoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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