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Chloris chloris

Family: FringillidaeGenus: Chlorisnative in Germany

native in Germany

EEA Article 12 Birds Directive Reporting 2013-2018 · 90 %

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Interactions

documented

About this species

Chloris chloris is a small songbird in the finch family Fringillidae. It has a body mass of around 28 g and a wingspan of 8.5 cm.

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Prey / FoodPlant food

Yearly cycle

Chloris chloris is present in Great Britain throughout the year. Breeding involves multiple clutches, with eggs laid in each nest.

Merkmale

Körper

Wingspan

8.53 cm

Weight

27.65 g

Max. Lebensalter

13.583333 Jahre

Fortpflanzung

Wurfgröße / Gelege

5, 2.5× pro Jahr

Bebrütungsdauer

13 Tage

Ausflugalter

13.5 Tage

Geschlechtsreife

~1 Jahre

Scientific profile

Chloris chloris is a member of the finch family Fringillidae. Adults weigh approximately 28 g and have a wingspan of 8.5 cm. The maximum recorded lifespan is about 13.6 years. The breeding biology includes a clutch size of 5 eggs, which are incubated for 13 days. Young fledge after around 13.5 days, and typically 2.5 clutches are raised per year.

Visited plants

58 plants are visited by this species

Pyrus communisCrataegus monogynaViscum albumCrataegus laevigataCotoneaster bullatusFrangula alnusRhamnus catharticaRubus idaeusEuonymus europaeusViburnum lantanaAria edulisAmelanchier lamarckiiCornus masRumex acetosella subsp. pyrenaicusAgrimonia eupatoria subsp. eupatoriaSymphytum officinalePersicaria maculosaSonchus oleraceusStellaria media subsp. mediaPoa annuaCapsella bursa-pastorisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisPolygonum aviculare subsp. rurivagumFallopia convolvulusCarpinus betulusRubus plicatusTaraxacum officinaleCynoglossum officinale subsp. officinaleAlliaria petiolataTaxus baccataTragopogon pratensisHelianthus annuusMalus domesticaSilybum marianumFicus caricaSambucus nigraCakile maritima subsp. maritimaQuercus roburRosa rugosaLarix deciduaFragaria vescaTorminalis glaberrimaRibes rubrumRosa canina var. dumalisPrunus serotinaSambucus racemosaLonicera xylosteumRubus vestitusViburnum opulus cv. 'Roseum'Prunus domestica subsp. domestica

Sources & data origin

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)

•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)

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