What Animal Lives Where

Where has the European Greenfinch been recorded?

Chloris chloris occurrence evidence comes from 1,277,970 records in 55 countries and territories, from 1790 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

European Greenfinch
European Greenfinch — Photo (display-sized rendition): Martin Kunz · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesFringillidaeChloris

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,277,970 records across 55 countries and territories, 1790–2026.

Chloris chloris · GBIF taxon key 5845582

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: April.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

17902026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where European Greenfinch has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for European Greenfinch. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 1,115,626
Belgium 117,828
Luxembourg 16,681
Austria 10,550
Spain 8,578
Netherlands 3,133
United Kingdom 2,929
Russia 707
Ukraine 477
Germany 287
New Zealand 274
Greece 126
France 108
Australia 72
Andorra 56
Portugal 55
Czechia 52
Italy 45
Estonia 42
Norway 41
Jordan 36
Denmark 31
Israel 27
Finland 26
Romania 25
Ireland 15
Iran 15
Poland 15
Türkiye 13
Belarus 12
Morocco 9
Armenia 7
Bulgaria 7
Croatia 7
MD 6
Albania 5
Cyprus 5
Hungary 5
Switzerland 4
Serbia 4

Showing the top 40 of 55 places.

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.