Wildlifeof Mongolia
Oriental Greenfinch
Fringillidae
Photo: (c) Настя Бухвалова, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 (May be cropped or resized)
Chloris sinica
Basic stats
Habitat
Woodland edges, field margins, banks and open woods; also parks and gardens
Range
Southeast Siberia, Kamchatka, the Kurils and Sakhalin, through China to Japan and Korea
The Oriental greenfinch, also called the grey-capped greenfinch, belongs to the goldfinch subfamily and occurs only in Asia. It is one of the finches that are sometimes kept as cage birds. It inhabits woodland edges, field margins, banks and open woods and is also found in parks and gardens. (German Wikipedia, general species account)
Its range reaches from southeastern Siberia, Kamchatka, the Kurils and Sakhalin through China to Japan and Korea. Birds in the northern range are migrants, while those in the south are nomadic, gathering outside the breeding season in larger flocks, often together with other songbird species. (German Wikipedia, general species account)
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Oriental Greenfinch live in?
- Woodland edges, field margins, banks and open woods; also parks and gardens
- Where is the Oriental Greenfinch found?
- Southeast Siberia, Kamchatka, the Kurils and Sakhalin, through China to Japan and Korea