Finches, Euphonias
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
The lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) is a very small songbird of the Americas. Together with its relatives the American goldfinch and Lawrence's goldfinch, it forms the American goldfinches clade in the genus Spinus sensu stricto.
- Family
- Finches, Euphonias
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Weight
- 8.8 g
- Habitat
- Shrubland
- Diet
- Plants and seeds
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 14
Recorded in United States, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Honduras, Belize, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Canada.
Where to see it: Parque Simon Bolivar (Venezuela); 2a calle, Lotificación Minerva. (El Salvador); Parque Ecológico de Xochimilco (Mexico); Parque Ecológico El Haya (Mexico); Chichicaxtle · Observatorio de Aves Rapaces Dr. Mario A. Ramos (Mexico).
