Male Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria hesperophila, San Jose, California
Date 21 November 2007, 11:37:01
Source Flickr
Author matt knoth http://flickr.com/photos/18158503@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E2%99%82_lesser_goldfinch.jpg

The lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) is a small songbird of the Americas. It may be the smallest true finch in the world. Together with its relatives the American Goldfinch and Lawrence's Goldfinch, it forms the American goldfinches clade in the genus Spinus sensu stricto. The lesser goldfinches ranges from the southwestern United States (near the coast, as far north as extreme southwestern Washington) to Venezuela and Peru. It migrates from the colder parts of its U.S. range.
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Spinus
Species: Spinus psaltria (Say, 1823)
Synonyms: Carduelis psaltria; Astragalinus psaltria