american goldfinch perched angle branch spinus tristis

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American Goldfinch Perched at Angle on Branch - Spinus tristis Royalty Free Stock Photo

American goldfinch perched on a thin branch Royalty Free Stock Photo

American Goldfinch Perched at Angle on Branch - Spinus tristis

The American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) is a small North American bird in the finch family. It is migratory, ranging from mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the CanadaâUnited States border to Mexico during the winter. The American goldfinch is a granivore and adapted for the consumption of seedheads, with a conical beak to remove the seeds and agile feet to grip the stems of seedheads while feeding. Its diet consists of the seeds from a wide variety of annual plants, often those of weeds, grasses, and trees, such as thistle, teasel, dandelion, ragweed, mullein, cosmos, goatsbeard, sunflower, purple coneflower, zinnias and alder.