GREENFINCH

Photographed in Gisbourne, New Zealand, June 2017

(*   488)              GREENFINCH              Carduelis chloris    

NEW ZEALAND                     70

Found in farmland, pine plantations, native bush and scrub fringes, pine and macrocarpa shelter belts, parks and gardens. 15 cm. Common European now widespread throughout New Zealand.

EUROPEAN GREENFINCH

Photographed on Adventure Beach, South Bruny Island, Tasmania, January 2015

488        EUROPEAN GREENFINCH               Carduelis chloris

Australia            (329)

14-16 cm. Native of Europe, N. Africa and Middle East, introduced into Australia from 1860s, spread to Tasmania in 1940s. Range SE Australia, se tip of SA, all Victoria and Tasmania and se NSW. Found in farmland, weedy wastelands, coastal dunes, swamp-woodlands, roadsides, orchards, parks; favours introduced trees.