American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Genus
- Spinus
- eBird Code
- amegfi
Subspecies (4)
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Spinus tristis jewetti
southwestern British Columbia to southwestern Oregon (west of the Cascades)
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Spinus tristis pallidus
breeds south-central British Columbia to west-central USA; winters to Puebla and Veracruz
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Spinus tristis salicamans
California (west of Sierra Nevada) to northwestern Baja California
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Spinus tristis tristis
breeds eastern Canada to east-central USA; winters to southeastern USA and eastern Mexico
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.