Carduelis psaltria

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Passeriformes • Subordo: Passeri • Superfamilia: Passeroidea • Familia: Fringillidae • Genus: Carduelis • Species: Carduelis psaltria (Say, 1823)

 Synonyms

Spinus psaltria (Say, 1822) (Preferred by IOC classification 3.3)

 Vernacular names

English: Lesser Goldfinch · العربية: الحسُّون الأصغر · Deutsch: Mexikozeisig · Español: Jilguero aliblanco · Esperanto: Malgranda kardelo · Français: Chardonneret mineur · 日本語: ヒメキンヒワ （アトリ科） · Türkçe: Koyu sırtlı saka ·

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Carduelis psaltria

Included subspecies (for IOC classification 3.3):

S. p. colombiana, S. p. hesperophila, S. p. jouyi, S. p. psaltria, S. p. witti

• IOC link: Spinus psaltria (Say, 1822) in order Passeriformes

• ITIS link: Carduelis psaltria (Say, 1823)

• IUCN: Carduelis spinescens (Bonaparte, 1851) (Least Concern)
  

• English: The subspecies psaltria and hesperophila are apparently not valid. Birds with green and black backs and with lighter and darker heads occur everywhere in the North American range more or less frequently

Photos

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  Dark male (f. psaltria). Near Pecos, New Mexico

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  Intermediate male (closer to psaltria). Borrego Springs, California

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  Intermediate male (closer to hesperophila)

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  Light male (f. hesperophila). Culiacán, México

• Carduelis spinescens female.jpg

  Female. Borrego Springs, California

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  Female. Culiacán, México

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  ♂ at North Carolina Zoo