Chloris chloris
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The European greenfinch or simply the greenfinch (Chloris chloris) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. This songbird is widespread throughout Europe, North Africa and Southwest Asia. It is mainly resident, but some of the populations from the far north migrate further south. The greenfinch has also been introduced into Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay, and Argentina.
The greenfinch was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae under the binomial name Loxia chloris. The specific epithet is from khloris, the Ancient Greek name for this bird, from khloros, "green".
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2012 found that the greenfinches are not closely related to other species of the genus Carduelis. They have therefore been placed in the resurrected genus Chloris, which was originally been introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1800. The European greenfinch is the type species of this genus.
There are 10 recognised subspecies. The European greenfinch is 15 cm (5.9 in) long with a wingspan of 24.5 to 27.5 cm (9.6 to 10.8 in). It is similar in size and shape... Wikipedia →
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dierenpark Hoenderdaell | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 2 | NaturZoo Rheine | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Penza Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Zoopark Limpopo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | AQUA Akvarium & Dyrepark | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 6 | Bois du Petit-Château | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 7 | Kiwi Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 8 | Zoo Hirschstetten | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 9 | Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Landgoed Hoenderdaell | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a European Greenfinch sighting in Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, based on 1,258 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 65th most-seen of the 285 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and May
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a European Greenfinch in Wadden Sea National Park on a given day, against about 10% in August–September and December–February, the lowest months. Those are among Wadden Sea National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 140 mm in November.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most European Greenfinch sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
18th of 31
Of the 31 parks where we can rate European Greenfinch sightings, Wadden Sea National Park ranks 18th at about 20%. The best odds are in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (New Zealand, about 60%), Gauja National Park (Latvia, about 40%) and Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Fringillidae
The closest relatives of the European Greenfinch that you can see in Wadden Sea National Park (family Fringillidae, Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) are Chaffinch (about 30%), Linnet (about 30%) and Eurasian Goldfinch (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the European Greenfinch is recorded against all the birds logged in Wadden Sea National Park (1,258 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
