




Spinus tristis
The American Goldfinch is a cheerful little bird with bright yellow feathers. It loves to sing sweet songs while flitting around gardens and meadows.
Habitat: Fields, gardens, and open woods
The American Goldfinch is a small songbird with a distinctive undulating flight. Males are brilliant lemon-yellow with a contrasting black cap, black wings, and prominent white wing bars. Females are a duller olive-yellow, while both sexes have a short, conical, pinkish bill.





Category
BirdsRarity
Common
Danger
1/5 · Very low
Snaps
78
Goldfinch chicks are one of the only songbirds fed exclusively seeds, not insects!
The male's vibrant yellow color comes from pigments absorbed from their plant-based diet.
Their tightly woven nests are so strong they can sometimes hold water, accidentally drowning chicks!
They are the only finch species to completely molt their body feathers twice a year.
American Goldfinch has a specially shaped, conical bill that helps them efficiently extract tiny seeds from plants like thistles.
American Goldfinch can fly in a distinctive bouncy, wave-like pattern because of strong wing beats followed by short glides.
American Goldfinch can time their nesting period for late summer because it allows them to use ripe thistle seeds for food.
These tiny birds love to eat seeds, especially thistle and sunflower seeds, making them herbivores.
Cirsium arvense
Main food source for seeds
Helianthus annuus
Popular seed source

Accipiter cooperii
Common predator of songbirds
Dipsacus fullonum
Seeds and nesting material
Wildlife encompasses all undomesticated animal and plant life existing in their natural habitats.
Feathered describes animals, primarily birds, possessing a covering of feathers.
Social animals live in organized groups, cooperating for survival benefits such as foraging, defense, and raising offspring.
Aerial creatures spend a significant portion of their lives airborne, utilizing flight for various activities such as hunting, migration, or nesting.
Singing animals produce complex vocalizations, often for purposes of attracting mates, defending territory, or communicating within their species.
Colorful describes organisms or objects displaying a wide range of bright and distinct colors.
This trait characterizes organisms whose diet consists entirely or primarily of plant material.
Forest habitats are terrestrial environments dominated by dense tree cover, supporting a high diversity of plant and animal life.
Danger
1/5 · Very low
Enjoy watching goldfinches from a distance. They are friendly but should not be touched.
11-14 cm
19-22 cm
0.011-0.02 kg
3-7 years
56 km/h
These tiny birds love to eat seeds, especially thistle and sunflower seeds, making them herbivores.
Fields, gardens, and open woods
Foraging
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