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title: "Oriental Greenfinch"
description: "Chloris sinica — Uccelli. The Oriental greenfinch (Chloris sinica), also known as the grey-capped greenfinch, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae that breeds in broadleaf and conifer woodlands of the East Palearctic."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/oriental-greenfinch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oriental Greenfinch

> Chloris sinica — Uccelli. The Oriental greenfinch (Chloris sinica), also known as the grey-capped greenfinch, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae that breeds in broadleaf and conifer woodlands of the East Palearctic.

- Scientific name: *Chloris sinica*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 11684
- Wikidata: [Q27075786](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075786)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145361](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145361)

## Names

- en: Oriental Greenfinch
- de: Chinagrünfink
- es: Verderón Chino
- fr: Verdier de Chine
- pt: Verdilhão-oriental
- pl: Dzwoniec chiński

## Countries with the most observations

JP (2705), CN (2469), KR (1181), RU (765), TW (103), HK (60), VN (23), KP (11), MO (9), MN (6)

## Summary

The Oriental greenfinch (Chloris sinica), also known as the grey-capped greenfinch, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae that breeds in broadleaf and conifer woodlands of the East Palearctic.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_greenfinch

## Photo

![Oriental Greenfinch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oriental-greenfinch/medium.jpg)

Photo: observe-syz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298679330

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oriental-greenfinch?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).