Minnesota Seasons - American goldfinch


American goldfinch
Carduelis tristis

Order	Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family	Fringillidae (Finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers)
Status	Common to abundant
Habitat	Weedy fields, woodland edges, meadows.
Food
Size	4½″ to 5″
Voice

Identification

Similar Species

Nesting

Range	Breeding: Throughout Winter: Southern two-thirds of the state

Sightings	Afton State Park Beaver Creek Valley State Park Black Dog Nature Preserve SNA Buffalo River State Park Cedar Mountain SNA Chippewa Prairie Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Des Moines River Prairie SNA Earley Lake Park Fort Snelling State Park Glacial Lakes State Park Holthe Prairie SNA Iron Horse Prairie SNA Kasota Prairie SNA Lake Maria State Park Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Lost Valley Prairie SNA Louisville Swamp		Minneopa State Park Mound Spring Prairie SNA Myre-Big Island State Park Oronoco Prairie SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Racine Prairie SNA Rice Lake State Park River Terrace Prairie SNA St. Croix Savanna SNA Savage Fen SNA Schaefer Prairie Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Sibley State Park Strandness Prairie Wahpeton Prairie

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