American Goldfinch

Subspecies (4)

• Spinus tristis jewetti

  southwestern British Columbia to southwestern Oregon (west of the Cascades)

• Spinus tristis pallidus

  breeds south-central British Columbia to west-central USA; winters to Puebla and Veracruz

• Spinus tristis salicamans

  California (west of Sierra Nevada) to northwestern Baja California

• Spinus tristis tristis

  breeds eastern Canada to east-central USA; winters to southeastern USA and eastern Mexico