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Olive backed lesser goldfinch

Spinus psaltria

Photo by HemaShah
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Lesser Goldfinch

Spinus psaltria

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Liam
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Comments (3)
HemaShah
Thanks Liam. This does look like the olive backed one.
HemaShah
This reserve has a lot of Lawrences gold finches. This does not look like one though. i am assuming it would have more grey and less yellow.
Liam
There are two variations of Lesser Goldfinch: Black-back and Olive-backed form. I believe the Black-backed form is found only in Texas.

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