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Green-backed Lesser Goldfinch

Carduelis psaltria hesperophilus

Photo by JoshuaGSmith
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34.0967, -117.72

Field Notes

Habitat:

Chaparral

Notes:

The birds I see are the Green-backed (hesperophilus) subspecies. The bird on the left is a male and on the right, a female. Their common call is a high pitched “Tee-ee.”

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PublishedJuly 17, 2014

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