#spinus psaltria

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Lesser goldfinch / jilguero menor (Spinus psaltria) enjoying a sunflower seed snack.

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Lesser Goldfinch

Photo: Mick Thompson

"Very common in parts of the West, this tiny finch is easy to overlook until one learns its chiming and twittering callnotes. Small flocks of Lesser Goldfinches are often found feeding in weedy fields or in streamside trees. Two color patterns occur in the United States, and males in some areas may be either green-backed or black-backed. The complicated song of the male usually includes short imitations of the voices of other birds."

- Audubon Field Guide

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Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)

© Laurel Sanchez

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Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)

© Laurel Sanchez

[natural-reflection]

Lesser Goldfinch or Dark-backed Goldfinch (‘Texas form’ male) Spinus psaltria

Concan, Texas, United States, 2015 Garner State Park

[fatchance]

Recent birds: Lesser goldfinch / jilguerito dominico (Spinus psaltria).

At Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary, Cochise County, Arizona.

[fatchance]

Recent birds visiting a seedblock feeder at Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary, Cochise County, Arizona.

Verdin / verdín (Auriparus flaviceps).

Pyrrhuloxia / cardenal desértico (Cardinalis sinuatus).

Bushtit / sastrecillo (Psaltriparus minimus). 

Lesser goldfinch / jilguerito dominico (Spinus psaltria).

Cactus wren / matraca del desierto (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus).

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Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)

© Timothy Aarons