Lesser goldfinch
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The lesser goldfinch is a small finch in the genus Spinus native to the Americas.
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Carduelis psaltria female
S. p. hesperophilus
Intermediate male; note mottled back and cap
Lawrence's goldfinch
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Lawrence's goldfinch is a small songbird of erratic distribution that breeds in California and Baja California and winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Lesser goldfinch
…south to northern South America; this variation has resulted in five subspecies being recognized. Together with its relatives the American goldfinch and Lawrence's goldfinch, it forms a clade, termed the 'New World goldfinch' clade, in the genus Spinus. Some authors have suggested treating this clade as a separate genus…
Lawrence's Goldfinch,