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Vietnamese greenfinch

Chloris monguilloti (Delacour, 1926)

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The vietnamese greenfinch (Chloris monguilloti) is a species in the family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 15.5 g to 18.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Vietnamese greenfinch (Chloris monguilloti)
Photo: christoph_moning · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the vietnamese greenfinch

Weight
15.5 g – 18.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
13 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.95src 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 vietnamese greenfinch live?

Not recorded

What is the vietnamese greenfinch?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Vietnamese greenfinch (Chloris monguilloti) is a small passerine bird in the family Fringillidae. It is found only in Đà Lạt Plateau of southern Vietnam. Its natural habitat is open montane pine forest and scrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

From the Wikipedia article “Vietnamese greenfinch” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vietnamese_greenfinch&oldid=1367323633), 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 vietnamese greenfinch endangered?

The vietnamese 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 vietnamese greenfinch classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyFringillidae
  6. genusChloris
  7. SpeciesChloris monguilloti (Delacour, 1926)

Synonyms Carduelis monguilloti, Carduelis mounguilloti, Carduelis spinoides monguilloti, Carduelis spinoides mounguilloti, Hypacanthis monguilloti

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Vietnam greenfinchEnglish
  • خضير فيتناميArabic
  • حسون أخضر فيتناميArabic
  • Виетнамска зеленикаBulgarian
  • verdum de VietnamCatalan
  • Verdum vietnamitaCatalan
  • zvonek vietnamskýCzech
  • Da Lat-grøniriskDanish
  • AnnamgrünfinkGerman
  • Vietnamesischer GrünfinkGerman
  • Vjetnama fringoEsperanto
  • vjetnama verdafringoEsperanto
  • Verderón vietnamitaSpanish
  • annami rohevintEstonian
  • vietnaminvihervarpunenFinnish
  • Verdier du VietnamFrench
  • Verdier du Viêt NamFrench
  • vietnamski zelendurCroatian
  • vietnami zöldikeHungarian
  • Verdone del VietnamItalian
  • ベトナムカワラヒワJapanese
  • vietnaminis alksninukasLithuanian
  • Vietnamese GroenlingDutch
  • vietnamfinkNorwegian
  • dzwoniec czarnogłowyPolish
  • verdilhão-vietnamitaPortuguese
  • Далатская зеленушкаRussian
  • Вьетнамская зеленушкаRussian
  • zelienka vietnamskáSlovak
  • Vijetnamska zelentarkaSerbian
  • vietnamgrönfinkSwedish
  • Vietnam FloryasıTurkish
  • зеленяк в’єтнамськийUkrainian
  • Sẻ thông họng vàngVietnamese
  • 越南金翅雀Chinese

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Relatives of the vietnamese 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 vietnamese greenfinch?

An adult vietnamese greenfinch weighs 15.5 g – 18.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the vietnamese greenfinch endangered?

The vietnamese 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 vietnamese greenfinch?

The vietnamese greenfinch (Chloris monguilloti) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Vietnamese greenfinch (Chloris monguilloti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/vietnamese-greenfinch

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{vietnamese_greenfinch_2026,
  title = {Vietnamese greenfinch (Chloris monguilloti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/vietnamese-greenfinch},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}