Subspecies
Spinus psaltria hesperophilus (Green-backed lesser goldfinch)
Spinus psaltria hesperophilus. Photo: (c) Sam Hough, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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)
- Species: Spinus psaltria (Lesser goldfinch)
- Genus: Spinus (Siskins and new world goldfinches)
- Family: Fringillidae (Finches, euphonias, and allies)
- Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Sightings
