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The American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) is a small North American bird in the finch family. It is migratory , ranging from mid- Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season , and from just south of the Canada–United States border to Mexico during the winter.
The American goldfinch displays sexual dimorphism in its coloration; the male is a vibrant yellow in the summer and an olive color during the winter months, while the female is a dull yellow-brown shade which brightens only slightly during the summer. The male displays brightly colored plumage during the
The basic plumage colour is brownish, sometimes greenish; many have considerable amounts of black, while white plumage is generally absent except as wing-bars or other signalling marks. Bright yellow and red carotenoid pigments are commonplace in this family, and thus blue structural colours are rather rare, as the yellow pigments turn the blue ...
All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. Twelve species have been recorded in Michigan. American goldfinch, Spinus tristis; Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla (A) Cassin's finch, Haemorhous cassinii (A)
The lesser goldfinch was formally described by the American zoologist Thomas Say in 1822 under the binomial name Fringilla psaltria. [4] The specific epithet psaltria is Ancient Greek for a female harpist. [5] The type locality is Colorado Springs, Colorado. [6]
The American robin is the state bird of Wisconsin. This list of birds of Wisconsin includes species documented in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and accepted by the Records Committee of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology (WSORC). As of July 2022 there were 441 species and a species pair included in the official list. Of them, 96 are classed as accidental, 34 are classed as casual, 53 are ...
The house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) is a North American bird in the finch family.It is native to Mexico and southwestern United States, but has since been introduced to the eastern part of North America and Hawaii; it is now found year-round in all parts of the United States and most of Mexico, with some residing near the border of Canada.
American goldfinch: Spinus tristis: mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canada–United States border to Mexico during the winter Lawrence's goldfinch: Spinus lawrencei: California and Baja California, winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico Lesser goldfinch: Spinus psaltria