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Species

Spinus psaltria (Lesser goldfinch)

Spinus psaltria

Spinus psaltria. Photo: (c) madamcoyote, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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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.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
        Family: Fringillidae (Finches, euphonias, and allies)
        Genus: Spinus (Siskins and new world goldfinches)
        Species: Spinus psaltria (Lesser goldfinch)
        Subspecies: Spinus psaltria hesperophilus (Green-backed lesser goldfinch)

Subtaxa

Subspecies: Spinus psaltria hesperophilus (Green-backed lesser goldfinch)

Spinus psaltria hesperophilus

Sightings

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