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Yellow-breasted greenfinch

Chloris spinoides (Vigors, 1831)

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The yellow-breasted greenfinch (Chloris spinoides) is a species in the family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 17.3 g to 18.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-breasted greenfinch (Chloris spinoides)
Photo: Imran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-breasted greenfinch

Weight
17.3 g – 18.6 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc 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 yellow-breasted greenfinch live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-breasted greenfinch?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-breasted greenfinch” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-breasted_greenfinch&oldid=1360802483), 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 yellow-breasted greenfinch endangered?

The yellow-breasted 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 yellow-breasted greenfinch classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyFringillidae
  6. genusChloris
  7. SpeciesChloris spinoides (Vigors, 1831)

Synonyms Carduelis ambigua spinoides, Carduelis spinoides

Other names and names in other languages (43)
  • خضير أصفر الصدرArabic
  • حسون أخضر أسود الرأسArabic
  • حسون أخضر أصفر الصدرArabic
  • Жълтогръда зеленикаBulgarian
  • verdum de l'HimàlaiaCatalan
  • zvonek žlutoprsýCzech
  • Llinos werdd bendduWelsh
  • Himalaya GrøniriskDanish
  • HimalajagrünfinkGerman
  • HimalayagrünfinkGerman
  • HimalayagrünlingGerman
  • Flavbrusta fringoEsperanto
  • himalaja verdafringoEsperanto
  • Verderón del HimalayaSpanish
  • mägi-rohevintEstonian
  • aasianvihervarpunenFinnish
  • Verdier de l'HimalayaFrench
  • Verdier de l’HimalayaFrench
  • žutoprsi zelendurCroatian
  • himalájai zöldikeHungarian
  • Verdone pettogialloItalian
  • Verdone dell'HimalayaItalian
  • キバラカワラヒワJapanese
  • himalajinė žaliukėLithuanian
  • Himalaju zaļžubīteLatvian
  • တောင်ပေါ်စာဗိုက်ဝါBurmese
  • गाजले पीतचरीNepali
  • HimalajagroenlingDutch
  • HimalayagroenlingDutch
  • himalayafinkNorwegian
  • dzwoniec himalajskiPolish
  • verdilhão-dos-himalaiasPortuguese
  • verdilhão-de-peito-amareloPortuguese
  • Чижиная зеленушкаRussian
  • Гималайская зеленушкаRussian
  • Желтогрудая зеленушкаRussian
  • zelienka vrchovskáSlovak
  • Himalajska zelentarkaSerbian
  • himalayagrönfinkSwedish
  • Sarı Göğüslü FloryaTurkish
  • зеленяк гімалайськийUkrainian
  • Sẻ thông ngực vàngVietnamese
  • 高山金翅雀Chinese

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Relatives of the yellow-breasted 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 yellow-breasted greenfinch?

An adult yellow-breasted greenfinch weighs 17.3 g – 18.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-breasted greenfinch endangered?

The yellow-breasted 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 yellow-breasted greenfinch?

The yellow-breasted greenfinch (Chloris spinoides) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.

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MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_breasted_greenfinch_2026,
  title = {Yellow-breasted greenfinch (Chloris spinoides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-breasted-greenfinch},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}