#0614 · 🐦 birds
European Greenfinch
🇳🇱 Groenling ·Chloris chloris
📍 Zeeburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 IJmuiden, Nederland
📍 6612 Nederasselt, Nederland
📍 Leidschendam, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Martin Kunz · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Elizaveta Volkova · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Геннадий · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Aissa Djamel Filali · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © Paulo Martins · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Zeeburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands:© Leomar Iglesias · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. IJmuiden, Nederland:© floris_heemskerk · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 6612 Nederasselt, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Leidschendam, Netherlands:© Bill Dries · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The European greenfinch , or just greenfinch ( Chloris chloris ), is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 617 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 104,308 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 2 g.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Greenfinch
- Nederlands
- Groenling
- scientific name
- Chloris chloris
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Fringillidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 617
- sightings in Europe
- 78,149
- sightings worldwide
- 104,308
- GBIF records in NL
- 349,849
- weight
- 2.2 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Fringillidae
#0553 📷 8Common Chaffinch
🇳🇱 Vink
Fringilla coelebs
LC 👀 2.8k in NL
#0585 📷 10European Goldfinch
🇳🇱 Putter
Carduelis carduelis
LC 👀 1.2k in NL
#0597 📷 10Eurasian Linnet
🇳🇱 Kneu
Linaria cannabina
LC 👀 945 in NL
#0651 📷 10Hawfinch
🇳🇱 Appelvink
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
LC 👀 293 in NL
#0668 📷 7Brambling
🇳🇱 Keep
Fringilla montifringilla
LC 👀 230 in NL
#0674 📷 7Eurasian Siskin
🇳🇱 Sijs
Spinus spinus
LC 👀 215 in NL
#0679 📷 10Eurasian Bullfinch
🇳🇱 Goudvink
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
LC 👀 210 in NL
#0704 📷 10Redpoll
🇳🇱 Barmsijs
Acanthis flammea
LC 👀 152 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 145360, Wikidata Q27075785, GBIF 5845582, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.