greenfinch

English

a European greenfinch, Chloris chloris

Wikispecies

Etymology

green +‎ finch

Noun

greenfinch (plural greenfinches)

1. Any of five distinct species of bird formerly within the genus Carduelis, now making up genus Chloris (Cuvier):
   1. the European greenfinch, a common Old World finch, Carduelis chloris, now Chloris chloris, that is mainly green with yellow in the wings and tail.
   2. the black-headed greenfinch, Carduelis ambigua, now Chloris ambigua
   3. the Oriental greenfinch, Carduelis sinica, now Chloris sinica
   4. the Vietnam greenfinch, Carduelis monguilloti, now Chloris monguilloti
   5. the yellow-breasted greenfinch, Carduelis spinoides, now Chloris spinoides

Translations

European greenfinch, Carduelis chloris

• Albanian: vardua (sq) m
• Asturian: verderón (ast), pardu blancu (ast)
• Breton: meleneg m
• Bulgarian: зеленика f (zelenika)
• Catalan: verdum (ca) m
• Czech: zvonek (cs) m
• Danish: grønirisk (da)
• Dutch: groenling (nl)
• Finnish: viherpeippo (fi)
• French: verdier (fr) m
• Galician: verderolo m, ferreirolo m
• German: Grünfink (de) m, Grünling (de) m
• Greek: φλώρος (el) m (flóros)

  Ancient Greek: χλωρίς f (khlōrís)

• Hungarian: zöldike (hu)
• Icelandic: grænfinka (is) f
• Irish: glasán darach m
• Italian: verdone comune m, verdone (it) m, verdello m
• Latvian: zaļžubīte
• Lithuanian: žaliukė
• Macedonian: зеленушка f (zelenuška)
• Norman: verdgé m, vèrmingnon m
• Norwegian: grønnfink (no)
• Polish: dzwoniec (pl) m
• Portuguese: verdilhão (pt) m
• Romanian: florinte (ro) m
• Romansch: verdaun m
• Russian: зелену́шка (ru) f (zelenúška)
• Scottish Gaelic: corcan glas m, glaisean-daraich m
• Serbo-Croatian: zelentarka (sh) f
• Spanish: verderón (es) m
• Swedish: grönfink (sv)
• Turkish: florya (tr), yelve (tr)
• Welsh: llinos werdd f, gwyrddbinc f

Further reading

• Chloris (Cuvier) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies