American Goldfinch

Spinus tristis

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Finches (Fringillidae)

Code 4

AMGO

Code 6

CARTRI

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Cone
Eye Color: Dusky brown; No known change with age or sex.
Head Pattern: Capped
Crown Color: Black
Forehead Color: Black
Nape Color: Yellow
Throat Color: Yellow
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 13 cm (5 in)
Weight: 14 g (0.5 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: Black, Yellow
Underparts: Yellow with white coverts.
Upperparts: Yellow with white rump.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Undulating flight., Several rapid wing beats and then a pause.
Wingspan Range: 22-23 cm (8.75-9 in)
Wing Shape: Tapered-Wings
Tail Shape: Notched Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Black
Under Tail: Black
Leg Color: Pink-gray

Percevia^® Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The Percevia field guides, database and search protocol patent pending.

The best bird guide and bird watching search engine to identify birds!

Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden2.

Field Guide to Birds of North America