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Black-headed greenfinch

Chloris ambigua (Oustalet, 1896)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The black-headed greenfinch (Chloris ambigua) is a species in the family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 15.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Black-headed greenfinch (Chloris ambigua)
Photo: williamstephens56 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-headed greenfinch

Weight
15.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black-headed greenfinch live?

Not recorded

What is the black-headed greenfinch?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-headed greenfinch (Chloris ambigua) is a small passerine bird in the family Fringillidae.

It is found in the Chinese province of Yunnan, northern Laos, eastern Myanmar and adjacent areas of Vietnam, Thailand and Northeast India.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

The black-headed greenfinch is a medium-sized finch with a length of 12.4–14 cm (4.9–5.5 in). It has a dark blackish-olive head, a pale pinkish-brown conical bill and a yellow patch on the wings. The sexes are similar.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-headed greenfinch” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-headed_greenfinch&oldid=1380577945), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-headed greenfinch endangered?

The black-headed greenfinch is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the black-headed greenfinch classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyFringillidae
  6. genusChloris
  7. SpeciesChloris ambigua (Oustalet, 1896)

Synonyms Carduelis ambigua, Chrysomitris ambigua

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • خضير أسود الرأسArabic
  • حسون أخضر أسود الرأسArabic
  • Черноглав щиглецBulgarian
  • Черноглава зеленикаBulgarian
  • verdum capnegreCatalan
  • zvonek černohlavýCzech
  • llinos werdd YunnanWelsh
  • Sorthovedet GrøniriskDanish
  • SchwarzkopfgrünfinkGerman
  • Schwarzkopf-GrünfinkGerman
  • SchwarzkopfgrünlingGerman
  • Nigrakapa fringoEsperanto
  • nigrakapa verdafringoEsperanto
  • Verderón cabecinegroSpanish
  • yunnani rohevintEstonian
  • سهره سبز سرسیاهPersian
  • kiinanvihervarpunenFinnish
  • Verdier d'OustaletFrench
  • Verdier d’OustaletFrench
  • crnoglavi zelendurCroatian
  • jünnani zöldikeHungarian
  • Verdone testaneraItalian
  • Verdone di Cina testa neraItalian
  • ズグロカワラヒワJapanese
  • juodagalvė žaliukėLithuanian
  • melngalvas zaļžubīteLatvian
  • တောင်ပေါ်စာခေါင်းမဲBurmese
  • YunnangroenlingDutch
  • yunnanfinkNorwegian
  • dzwoniec ubogiPolish
  • verdilhão-de-cabeça-pretaPortuguese
  • Черноголовая зеленушкаRussian
  • zelienka čepcováSlovak
  • Crnoglava zelentarkaSerbian
  • svarthuvad grönfinkSwedish
  • นกจาบปีกอ่อนเขียวThai
  • นกจาบปีกอ่อนเขียวหัวดำThai
  • Kara Başlı FloryaTurkish
  • зеленяк чорноголовийUkrainian
  • Sẻ thông đầu đenVietnamese
  • 黑头金翅雀Chinese
  • 黑頭金翅雀Chinese

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Relatives of the black-headed greenfinch

Other species in the same genus Chloris.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black-headed greenfinch?

An adult black-headed greenfinch weighs 15.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-headed greenfinch endangered?

The black-headed greenfinch is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the black-headed greenfinch?

The black-headed greenfinch (Chloris ambigua) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{black_headed_greenfinch_2026,
  title = {Black-headed greenfinch (Chloris ambigua)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-headed-greenfinch},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}