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American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis · Family Fringillidae
Spinus tristis
Family Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 20,304,426
- Countries and territories with records
- 16
About this species
This species has 20,304,426 occurrence records from 16 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (81.9%) and Canada (18.1%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 1.5% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Spinus tristis combines the genus name Spinus with the species epithet tristis. The Warbla app catalog lists 20 species of the genus Spinus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Spinus psaltria, Spinus pinus and Spinus spinus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 204 species of the family Fringillidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 44.2 times the family average (459,113). The family Fringillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.