American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
A small finch of open fields, meadows, gardens, roadsides, and brushy edges, often feeding acrobatically on seed heads. Adults eat mostly seeds, especially from composites such as thistles and sunflowers, and they fly with a distinctive rising-and-falling pattern. Males become bright yellow with black wings in breeding season, while females and winter birds are more olive-brown. This species nests relatively late in summer, timing breeding to peak seed availability.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- American Goldfinch Hatchling
- ?
- American Goldfinch