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Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria · Family Fringillidae
Spinus psaltria
Family Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 4,260,195
- Countries and territories with records
- 19
About this species
This species has 4,260,195 occurrence records from 19 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (92.3%), Mexico (3.5%) and Colombia (2%); together they account for 97.7% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.35% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Spinus psaltria combines the genus name Spinus with the species epithet psaltria. The Warbla app catalog lists 20 species of the genus Spinus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Spinus tristis, Spinus pinus and Spinus spinus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 204 species of the family Fringillidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Spinus tristis. Its record count is 9.3 times the family average (459,113). The family Fringillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.