Oriental greenfinch

Oriental greenfinch
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Chloris
Species:
C. sinica
Binomial name
Chloris sinica
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Fringilla sinica Linnaeus, 1766
  • Carduelis sinica (Linnaeus, 1766)

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.