This finch flashes yellow and green in flight. In the UK it visits gardens and eats seeds and insects.
Adult males show yellow and green in flight. Females are browner, with yellow stripes on the wings and tail; juveniles resemble females.
Across four olive orchards near Fez in central Morocco, researchers found 68 nests from four bird species. Eight belonged to European Greenfinches and were located in orchards two and three. Other species used different farms, so nesting places were divided across the same agricultural landscape.
Greenfinch nest building began in the first week of April, and the first nestlings were recorded in the second week of May. Egg-taking was recorded among the factors associated with breeding failure. The orchard study showed that both nest locations and the timing of breeding differed among birds sharing the same farms.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
In four olive orchards near Fez, central Morocco, researchers found eight European Greenfinch nests. The nests were in orchards two and three, while the four co-occurring bird species divided nesting places among the farms. The survey recorded 68 nests across all four orchards. Egg-taking was also reported among factors associated with breeding failure, providing local evidence about nesting conditions in farmland.