Goldfinch

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Goldfinch may refer to:

The bird species from the genus Carduelis:
- European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
Any of the following bird species from the genus Spinus:
- American goldfinch, Spinus tristis
- Lawrence’s goldfinch, Spinus lawrencei
- Lesser goldfinch, Spinus psaltria
Distelfink, a goldfinch in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art
Gloster Goldfinch, a British fighter aircraft
The Goldfinch (painting), a 1654 painting by Carel Fabritius
The Goldfinch (novel), a 2013 novel by Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch (film), an upcoming 2019 film,More info:wiki

Below are photos and Images you may like:

#10 Birdist Rule #97: Get to Know Your Goldfinches,More info:audubon

I’ve gotten a bit of grief over the fact that most of my bird-ID columns have focused on Eastern species. Guilty as charged. I have no defense except that I’m an Eastern birder, and these are the birds I know.

But I want to make it up to you, and so today we’re going to look at some birds that, for the most part, you can only find out West. These are birds that many of us long for, from backyard-feeder watchers to a crusty old listers. I’m talking about goldfinches.

Believe it or not, we’ve got three different goldfinch species in this country: the American Goldfinch, Lesser Goldfinch, and Lawrence’s Goldfinch.

#9 Relaxing Birds and Goldfinch Bird Song – Goldfinches Singing For Woodland Wilf,More info:Paul Dinning

#8 American Goldfinch,More info:audubon

Patches of thistles and weeds, roadsides, open woods, edges. Found at all seasons in semi-open areas having open weedy ground and some trees and bushes for shelter, especially areas of second growth, streamsides, roadsides, woodland edges, orchards, suburban areas. In winter also in some very open fields farther from trees.

A typical summer sight is a male American Goldfinch flying over a meadow, flashing golden in the sun, calling perchickory as it bounds up and down in flight. In winter, when males and females alike are colored in subtler brown, flocks of goldfinches congregate in weedy fields and at feeders, making musical and plaintive calls. In most regions this is a late nester, beginning to nest in mid-summer, perhaps to assure a peak supply of late-summer seeds for feeding its young.

#7 Lesser Goldfinch,More info:ebird

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.