European Greenfinch
Chloris chloris
European Greenfinch · Bordeaux and the surrounding area · 8 May 2026
A greenfinch on a bramble cane at the edge of a vineyard outside Bordeaux, a bird of hedgerows, gardens and farmland across Europe, and one of the commonest finches in the French countryside.
Olive-green with a flash of yellow through the flight feathers. The heavy, conical bill built for cracking seeds is the finch family's defining tool, and this one carries it in a slightly stouter, blunter form than most of its smaller relatives; it can open a rosehip that a goldfinch cannot.
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