Grey-capped greenfinch
| Grey-capped greenfinch | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Genus: | Chloris |
| Species: | C. sinica |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloris sinica (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carduelis sinica | |
The grey-capped greenfinch or Oriental greenfinch (Chloris sinica) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
It nests in trees or bushes, laying 3-5 eggs.
Eggs of grey-capped greenfinch MHNT
In 1766 Linnaeus included the species in the 12th edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name, Fringilla sinica.[2][3] Five subspecies are now recognised:[4]
- C. s. ussuriensis Hartert, 1903 – northeastern China, Korea and eastern Siberia
- C. s. kawarahiba (Temminck, 1836) – Kamchatka Peninsula, Kuril Islands and northeastern Hokkaido
- C. s. minor (Temminck & Schlegel, 1848) – Japan: southern Hokkaido to Kyushu
- C. s. kittlitzi (Seebohm, 1890) – Bonin Islands including Iwo Jima
- C. s. sinica (Linnaeus, 1766) – central and eastern China to central Vietnam
The grey-capped greenfinch was formerly placed in the genus Carduelis but was moved to Chloris with the other greenfinches.[4][5]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Carduelis sinica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jnr., ed. (1968). Check-list of birds of the world, Volume 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 236.
- ↑ Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema Naturæ per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Volume 1 (in Latin) (12th ed.). Holmiae:Laurentii Salvii. p. 321.
- 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ↑ Zuccon, Dario; Prŷs-Jones, Robert; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Ericson, Per G.P. (2012). "The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (2): 581–596. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002.
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