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American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Jonathon Jongsma (XC428425). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
House SparrowPasser domesticus
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 135,996 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 59,983 |
| Canada | 49,949 |
| Nunavut | 41,536 |
| Nevada | 33,455 |
| Ontario | 26,542 |
| Arizona | 11,763 |
| Texas | 11,067 |
| Quebec | 9,922 |
| Illinois | 8,254 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ColorfulStrikingly colorful or patternedAdded by a member
Group and habits
- FliesAdded by a member
- Seed eaterDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly feed on seeds.Inferred from its group
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Shrub nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in shrubs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae |
| Genus | Siskins and New World Goldfinches · Spinus |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Canton, Ohio, United States
- Birds of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise American Goldfinch with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.