American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) [XC543349]
by Thomas Magarian from 2310 North Wygant Street, North Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States (call)
American Goldfinch (Spinus) [XC179086]
by Paul Marvin from W Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, United States (song)
Subspecies
Geographical variation slight and clinal. Some subspecies perhaps untenable.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
pallidus (Mearns, 1890) - Southern Canada (south-central British Columbia east to western Ontario) and central and west-central USA (eastern from to eastern Oregon, south to north-western Colorado). Winters also from northern California south to north-central Mexico.
jewetti van Rossem, 1943 - Extreme south-western Canada (south-western British Columbia) southern in western USA to central California.
salicamans Grinnell, 1897 - South-western USA (western Sierra Nevada, in California). Winters east to Mohave and Colorado Deserts and south to north-western Mexico (northern Baja California).
tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) - South-eastern Canada (eastern from Ontario) and central and eastern USA (eastern from south-eastern Minnesota, south to north-eastern Texas and northern South Carolina). Winters southern and south-eastern USA south to central Mexico.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet