Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Spinus
Species: S. tristis
Identifying Characteristics:
- Size and Shape:
- Small finch
- short, conical bill
- small head
- long wings
- short, notched tail
- Color Pattern:
- Adult males: in the spring and early summer are bright yellow with black forehead, black wings with white markings, and white patches both above and beneath the tail
- Adult females: duller yellow beneath, olive above on the back
- Winter birds: drab, unstreaked brown,with blackish wings and two pale wingbars
Special: Adaptations:
- Active and acrobatic that cling to weeds and seed socks
- mill about in large numbers
- fly with a bouncy, undulating pattern and often call in flight, drawing attention to themselves
- Their habitat are weedy fields and floodplains, where plants such as thistles and asters are common
- Also found in cultivated areas, roadsides, orchards, and backyards
- Conical beak is used to remove the seeds
- Agile feet are used to grip the stems of seedheads while feeding
- American Goldfinches are social bird, and will gather in large flocks while feeding and migrating
-This species is generally monogamous, and produces one brood each year.
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