Species
Spinus psaltria (Lesser goldfinch)
Spinus psaltria. Photo: (c) Kim Cabrera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
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.