| Lesser goldfinch | |
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| Male | |
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| Female both S. p. hesperophilus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Spinus |
| Species: | S. psaltria
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| Binomial name | |
| Spinus psaltria (Say, 1822)
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| Synonyms | |
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Fringilla psaltria (protonym) | |
The lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) is a small finch in the genus Spinus native to the Americas.
As is the case for most species in the genus Spinus, lesser goldfinch males have a black forehead, which females lack. Males in this species vary strikingly in the color of their back across their range, from green in western North America to black in the eastern Rocky Mountains and Texas south to northern South America; this variation has resulted in five subspecies being recognized.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Spinus psaltria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22720410A132139491. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22720410A132139491.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.