American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
11 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Temperate forest, grassland and shrubland, rural agrdens, plantations.

Range (Guide)

Bahamas, Canada (B) (P), Mexico, St Pierre and Miquelon (B) (NB), Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B).

Population
Estimated population is 24,000,000 (2020) and increasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (286)...)

American Goldfinch (Spinus) [XC600281]
by from Lancy Brook Wetlands Brookline \/ Mason, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States (song)

American Goldfinch (Spinus) [XC756999]
by Paul Driver from Miami Township (near Yellow Springs), Greene County, Ohio, 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.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) - 10 files

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