greenfinch

Small European finch

A greenfinch is a small European songbird with yellowish-green plumage and yellow wing markings.

Common in gardens and woodlands, it has a distinctive wheezing call.

A greenfinch was feeding at the bird table.

bird

songbird

Melodious perching avian

beak · seedeater · wingspan · perch · nesting · flock · flight · birdsong · breeding · clutch

garden

hedge

Boundary of planted shrubs

lawn · shrub · nesting box · backyard · bird table · suburban · visiting · windowsill · resident · overwintering

plumage

yellow

Hue between green and orange

bright · coloring · drab · juvenile · male · female · breeding plumage · flash · marking · iridescent

relatives

goldfinch

Small yellow songbird

linnet · redpoll · crossbill · hawfinch · canary · brambling

song

twittering

Light, rapid vocal sounds

chirp · trilling · warble · musical · rasping · buzzing · vocalization

conservation

population decline

Decreasing number of inhabitants

decline · recovery · monitoring · survey

Categories
Opposites
bird coloration

greenfinchredpoll

Finch with crimson crown

bullfinch · goldfinch · linnet · chaffinch

finch species contrast

greenfinchcanary

Yellow caged songbird

bullfinch · goldfinch · hawfinch · siskin

Family

greenfinches

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G