Finches (Fringillidae)
Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria) - HBW 15, p. 559
French: Chardonneret mineur
German: Mexikozeisig
Spanish: Jilguero Menor
Other common names: Dark-backed/Arkansas/Green-backed Goldfinch
Taxonomy: Fringilla psaltria Say, 1823, Arkansas River near mountains [= near Colorado Springs], Colorado, USA.
Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hesperophila ( Oberholser, 1903) - W USA (S from Washington, E to N Utah and C Arizona) S to NW Mexico (Baja California and S to S Sonora).
- witti ( P. R. Grant, 1964) - Tres Marias Is, off W Mexico.
- psaltria ( Say, 1823) - WC USA (Colorado and W Oklahoma) S to S Mexico (C Veracruz and Oaxaca).
- hesperophila ( Oberholser, 1903) - W USA (S from Washington, E to N Utah and C Arizona) S to NW Mexico (Baja California and S to S Sonora).
- witti ( P. R. Grant, 1964) - Tres Marias Is, off W Mexico.
- psaltria ( Say, 1823) - WC USA (Colorado and W Oklahoma) S to S Mexico (C Veracruz and Oaxaca).
- jouyi ( Ridgway, 1898) - SE Mexico (N Yucatán Peninsula and Mujeres I) and NW Belize.
- colombiana Lafresnaye, 1843 - S Mexico (Chiapas) S, discontinuously, to N & W Colombia, N Venezuela, N & S Ecuador and NW Peru.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two scenes of a female foraging on the seed pods of a milkweed plant. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hesperophila)
Don DesJardin 9 September 2009 2 years ago 54 sec 5 -
An adult male perched on a dried flower stalk, then flying away Locality Upper Ojai, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hesperophila)
Don DesJardin 31 March 2004 4 years ago 20 sec 4.5 -
An adult bird eating seeds and flying away Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hesperophila)
Don DesJardin 31 January 2003 4 years ago 17 sec 4.4 -
A frontal view of a male perched calling softly, and then joined by a female. Locality Arizona, USA (United States) (ssp hesperophila)
Don DesJardin 28 July 2008 3 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
An adult male perched and preening Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hesperophila)
Don DesJardin 31 March 2008 3 years ago 25 sec 4.3 -
Male & Female - foraging on thistle seeds Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia (ssp columbianus)
Blair Wainman 22 August 2009 2 years ago 28 sec 4.1
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dorsal view of a female feeding on spiderwebs
Locality Fómeque, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 3 July 2011 31 weeks ago 4.2 -
Male Lesser Goldfinch
Locality Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 10 August 2007 1 year ago 4 -
A female perched on a bromeliad leaf
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp columbiana)
Miguel Emmanuelli 17 February 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Male - feeding on a flower.
Locality Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 3 January 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Female, winter plumage
Locality Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Dave Rintoul 21 October 2010 32 weeks ago 3.9 -
Lesser Goldfinch feeding a sunflower.
Locality Denver, Colorado, USA (United States)
Mike Ross 11 August 2011 20 weeks ago 3.8
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Male singuing and other birds calling Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
(ssp columbiana)
Miguel Emmanuelli 19 February 2006 2 years ago 3.5
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