#1259 · 🐦 birds

American Goldfinch

🇳🇱 Goudsijs ·Spinus tristis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

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 Canada–United States border to Mexico during the winter.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 201,539iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
201,539 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).