Males are very distinct from other goldfinch species ... A very pale female lesser can show whitish undertail coverts, but it has a different wing pattern than all Americans and is always greener ...

All other plumages can be separated from the lesser goldfinch by their bolder wing pattern and white undertail coverts. The female Lawrence’s goldfinch is gray like a nonbreeding adult female ...

with striped black and white wings, so they look almost unrecognizable. If you want to see more of them around, stock up your ...

Lesser Goldfinches have green or even black backs ... Length bill tip to tail tip: 4-1/2 inches. In flight the wings show a long white stripe mid-wing. Flight is strongly undulating in the ...