The lesser goldfinch is a small songbird of the Americas. Together with its relatives the American goldfinch and Lawrence's goldfinch, it forms the New World goldfinch clade in the genus Spinus.
Image: Carduelis psaltria
Image: Carduelis psaltria female
Intermediate male; note mottled back and cap
male S. p. colombianus, Colombia
The American goldfinch is a small North American bird in the finch family. It is migratory, ranging from mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canada–United States border to Mexico during the winter.
Image: Carduelis tristis Michigan, USA male 8
Image: American Goldfinch Female (13826) Relic 38
Female
Non-breeding plumage