In winter, males look more like the females ... easily find an abundance of wild seeds to feed their offspring. The female goldfinch lays four to six pale-blue eggs. A female typically selects ...

Males are very distinct from other goldfinch species. The female American goldfinch is larger and has white undertail coverts, a wide buffy lower wing bar with very little white at the base for ...

Winter female: mostly drab gray body with black wings ... All other plumages can be separated from the lesser goldfinch by their bolder wing pattern and white undertail coverts.