Adult male © Sharif Uddin eBird S76238780 Macaulay Library ML 285146321
Adult male © Laura Keene
Female/immature © Liam Huber
Adult male © Neil Rucker
Female/immature © Sharif Uddin
+ 6
Adult male © Juan D Astorga
Female/immature male © Sasha Cahill
Adult male © Dorian Anderson
Adult male © Lila Theis
Flock © Larry Langstaff

Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria

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Identification

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Tiny yellowish finch. Blackish conical bill is stout, but sharply pointed. Long wings are black with one white wingbar and large white patch at the base of the primaries. Small head. Short notched tail. Adult males have either green or black (Texas to South America) back. Regularly visits feeders. Females similar to American Goldfinch; note bill shape and color, usually more yellowish undertail coverts, less distinct wingbars, and more obvious white patch at base of primaries.

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