Lesser goldfinch Carduelis psaltria
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Length: 3.75 inches
Small, seed-eating bird
Short, conical bill
Short, forked tail ...
Lesser Goldfinch
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Lesser Goldfinch
Relatives in same Genus
American Goldfinch (C. tristis) ...
Lesser Goldfinch
Carduelis psaltria
The Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria) breeds across much of the western United States and Mexico. There are two distinct races in the U.S.
Lesser Goldfinch
Eldorado Canyon State Park
06/12/11
Spring-like Observations
Receding snow at Goldwater Lake on a sunny afternoonï"¿ Lesser Goldfinch showing his colors & si...
Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria
Described by: Say (1823)
Alternate common name(s): Dark-backed Goldfinch
Old scientific name(s): Spinus psaltria ...
Lesser Goldfinch
Adult female
Similar to female or nonbreeding American Goldfinch
Stouter bill than American Goldfinch, yellowish undertail
Green back, narrow wing-bars
© Seth Reams , Portland, Oregon, July 2008 ...
Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria)
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) ...
7. Lesser Goldfinch male, San Pablo Reservoir
8. Western Bluebird male, San Pablo Reservoir
9. Osprey along Drake's Beach, Point Reyes, Marin ...
We looked without success for Ruddy Ground Dove possible here. We did have Lesser Goldfinch, Summer and Western Tanagers, Kestrel.
Here is the group strolling under the trees in the yard of the old ranch house.
The American Goldfinch, Lesser Goldfinch, and Lawrence's Goldfinch are closely related. Some put them in the Genus Spinus.
Photographed by: 1) Gregg Williams 2) Charles Brutlag 3, 4) Dick Daniels in Maine 5 - 8) Dick in North Carolina ...
In the western United States, Lesser Goldfinches look similar, but they do not have white at the base of the tail and the males have more black on their heads.
Georgia Wildlife Web
All information provided by the Georgia Museum of Natural History ...
Two smaller species, the lesser goldfinch and Lawrence's goldfinch
are found in the western United States, the range of the former extending
down into South America.
Finches & Goldfinches belong to the order Passeriformes.
Variety of native plant seeds, not as varied as Lesser Goldfinch; few insects. Fondness for salt, esp when nesting. Availability of water is important, strongly affects distribution, esp during nesting.
CONSERVATION: ...
ARKANSAW GOLDFINCH.
[Lesser Goldfinch (see also Yarrell's Goldfinch).]
CARDUELIS PSALTRIA, Say.
[Carduelis psaltria.] ...
Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria: San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine, CA, 01 Jan
American Goldfinch Spinus tristis: Yorba Linda, CA, 01 Jan
House Sparrow Passer domesticus: Yorba Linda, CA, 01 Jan ...
 See also: Goldfinch, Finch, American Goldfinch, Siskin, Parakeet
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