# European Greenfinch

*Chloris chloris*

During courtship, males perform a specialized 'butterfly-flight' with slow, deep wingbeats and constant singing to attract mates.

- **Taxonomy:** Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Fringillidae › Chloris
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** decreasing
- **Biome:** forest
- **Habitat:** Woodland edges, hedgerows, parks, and suburban gardens.
- **Diet:** Primarily seeds (especially sunflower and rosehip), though they occasionally eat insects during the breeding season.
- **Range:** Europe, North Africa, Southwest Asia, New Zealand (introduced)
- **Size:** 15 cm length; 24-28 cm wingspan; 25-35g weight.
- **Lifespan:** 2-5 years
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Trichomonosis (parasitic disease), habitat loss, and agricultural intensification reducing food availability.
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless. Observe from a distance using binoculars. If you maintain bird feeders, you must disinfect them weekly to prevent the spread of Trichomonosis, a parasite that is currently devastating their populations.

## About

The European greenfinch , or just greenfinch ( Chloris chloris ), is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/ed0883d1-2f29-4fde-b8cf-7ba3dc35d4a3
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145360
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloris chloris
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/61258110/medium.jpg (Martin Kunz, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

Habitat, diet, size and similar notes are AI-written summaries; check them against the linked sources before relying on them.