Goldfinch (Eastern-Texas)

The Lesser Goldfinch is a small, seed-eating finch of the Southeast. It has a dark-back and most common in Texas with a few in the southern Arizona area. Western Lesser have a greenish backs and common in Arizona and extend to California.

The Texas Lesser Goldfinches extends south to central Mexico, and all of the males have a black back. First year all lesser finches have a green back and are mistaken for the Californian western type.

photographed in the wild, Tucson, AZ