Chloris spinoides
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In 3 days ~10%
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. The yellow-breasted greenfinch was described by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1831 under the binomial name Carduelis spinides. Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that the greenfinches are not closely related to the species in the genus Carduelis. They have therefore been moved to the resurrected genus Chloris which had been introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1800. The word Chloris is from the Ancient Greek word khlōris for the European greenfinch; the specific epithet is from spinus in Fringilla spinus Linnaeus, 1758, the Eurasian siskin, and the Ancient Greek suffix -oidēs meaning "resembling".
Two subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Greenfinch sighting in Kathmandu on a given day, based on 100 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 147th most-seen of the 312 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Greenfinch in Kathmandu on a given day, against under 5% in December to October, the lowest months. That is one of Kathmandu's driest months, with almost no rain against 280 mm in July.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-breasted Greenfinch sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Yellow-breasted Greenfinch sightings, Kathmandu ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Dehradun (India, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-breasted Greenfinch is recorded against all the birds logged in Kathmandu (100 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
