Chloris chloris
Chloris chloris
The European greenfinch is a species typical of the western Palearctic, widely distributed across Europe except for the boreal areas of Russia and Fennoscandia (Keller et al., 2020; BirdLife International, 2024). In Spain, the species occurs throughout the peninsula, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla (Cano-Barbacil and Cano in SEO/BirdLife, 2022). By the late 1960s, it colonized Tenerife and Gran Canaria and later spread to the rest of the Canary Islands (Martín and Lorenzo, 2001).
It occurs throughout the Community of Madrid except at high altitudes. It is present in forested habitats with moderately dense tree cover, preferably in parks, riparian woods, and thinned oak forests (Díaz et al., 1994).
In the national park, it is a scarce species, as it does not occupy abundantly the altitudes that predominate in the protected area. Records obtained during fieldwork are scattered both in La Pedriza and in dispersed points of the Lozoya River valley.
It is a ubiquitous species, present in a wide range of wooded habitats from sea level up to 2,000 m a.s.l. Its preferred habitats are forest edges and riparian woods, but it is also detected in human-modified areas at high densities (Carrascal and Palomino, 2008). Among these, urban parks and gardens, orchards, and agroforestry mosaics stand out.
In the national park, it has been detected mainly in evergreen forested areas, although it is more typical of forest edges or open grassland areas near wooded habitats.
At the global scale, it is considered in the Least Concern category (LC; 2018). In Europe, it would also be classified in the same category (LC; 2021). In Spain, it is considered in the Least Concern category in the 2021 Red List.
The Catalogue of Threatened Species of the Community of Madrid (1992) does not consider the species in any threat category.
BirdLife International 2024. IUCN Red List for birds. https://datazone.birdlife.org.
Carrascal, L. M. y Palomino, D. 2008. Las aves comunes reproductoras en España. Población en 2004-2006. SEO/Birdlife. Madrid.
Díaz, M., Martí, R., Gómez-Manzaneque, Á. y Sánchez, A. 1994. Atlas de las aves nidificantes en Madrid. Agencia de Medio Ambiente y SEO/BirdLife. Madrid.
Keller, V., Herrando, S., Voříšek, P., Franch, M., Kipson, M., Milanesi, P., Martí, D., Antón, M., Klvaňová, A., Kalyakin, M. V. Bauer, H. Gr y Foppen, R. P. B. 2020. European Breeding Bird Atlas 2: Distribution, Abundance and Change. European Birds Census Council y Lynx Edicions. Barcelona.
Martín, A. y Lorenzo, J. A. 2001. Aves del Archipiélago Canario. Francisco Lemus Editor. La Laguna.
SEO/BirdLife (Molina, B., Nebreda, A., Muñoz, A. R., Seoane, J., Real, R., Bustamante, J. y Del Moral, J. C., eds.). 2022. III Atlas de las aves en época de reproducción en España. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid.