Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (Chloris spinoides)
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Yellow-breasted Greenfinch

Chloris spinoides (Vigors, 1831)

12–14 cmLength19 gWeight

This small finch has bright yellow underparts and a bright yellow wing-bar.

Busiest months: February · Most records: India, Nepal, Bhutan

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

  1. Underparts bright yellow
  2. Bright yellow wing patches
  3. Bill brown and conical

Male, female and young

Sexes similar in plumage, but the female is less bright.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February · Most records: India, Nepal, Bhutan

Yellow-breasted Greenfinch has been recorded at 107 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 6 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. PangotIndia419 records
  2. Wildlife Institute of IndiaIndia308 records
  3. Munsyari – Bheema WodeyarIndia247 records
More places
  1. SattalIndia236 records
  2. Forest Research Institute (FRI), New Forest CampusIndia106 records
  3. Arend's Batsala Devi-Bagmati-Taudaha-Bosan Khola Fixed RouteNepal99 records
  4. Gujjar Basti, GaindikhataIndia70 records
  5. Corbett NP – DhikalaIndia43 records
  6. Sangla and AreaNepal41 records
  7. Jhilmil Jheel Conservation ReserveIndia36 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaNepalBhutanMyanmar (Burma)ChinaPakistan

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The yellow-breasted greenfinch (Chloris spinoides) is a small passerine bird in the family Fringillidae that is native to the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent.

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Questions

How big is the Yellow-breasted Greenfinch?

The Yellow-breasted Greenfinch is about 12–14 cm long and weighs around 19 g.

Where does the Yellow-breasted Greenfinch live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: Pakistan to Myanmar. It is most often recorded in India, Nepal and Bhutan.

When is the best time to see the Yellow-breasted Greenfinch?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in February (Northern Hemisphere).

Is the Yellow-breasted Greenfinch endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Yellow-breasted Greenfinch as Least Concern.

What does the Yellow-breasted Greenfinch eat?

Main food: Seeds.

What family is the Yellow-breasted Greenfinch in?

It belongs to the family Finches, Euphonias (Fringillidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

At a glance

Length
12–14 cm
Weight
19 g
Habitat
Forest
Diet
Seeds
Lifestyle
Perches in trees
Migration
Resident (barely migrates)
Conservation
Least Concern
More measurements
Wing
77 mm
Tail
47 mm
Bill
14 mm
Tarsus
15 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

Oriental: Pakistan to Myanmar

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Subspecies · 1
  • Chloris spinoides spinoides Pakistan, the Himalayas, ne India and s Tibet

Classification

Order
Passerines Passeriformes
Family
Finches, Euphonias Fringillidae
Genus
Chloris

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Yellow-breasted Greenfinch

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