Black-headed Greenfinch - BirdForum Opus

Photo by tony.saw
Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China, May 2012

Chloris ambigua

Carduelis ambigua

Identification

Photo by paux
Yunnan, China, January 2016

12.5-14 cm (5-5½ in); Pinkish conical bill

• Dark head
• Yellow wing flash

Distribution

Photo © by Ayuwat j
Doi Angkang, Chiangmai, Thailand

Asia: China, Tibet, India, Eastern Himalayas
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• C. a. taylori:

• Mountains of south-eastern Tibet and extreme western Sichuan

• C. a. ambigua:

• Mountains of south-eastern Tibet to south-western China, northern Myanmar, northern Laos and north-western Tonkin

Habitat

Deciduous woodland, open coniferous forests and forest edges.

Behaviour

Diet

They forage in pairs and small groups, on the ground and in low bushes. They eat a variety of seeds.

Breeding

There is very little known. They build a neat cup nest on a pine tree branch . They lay three to four eggs

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.10). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Avibase
4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-headed Greenfinch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-headed_Greenfinch

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