meaning of american goldfinch
The American goldfinch (Spinus tristis), also known as the eastern goldfinch, is a small North American bird in the finch family.he American goldfinch was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in the landmark 1758 10th edition of his work Systema Naturae. It was initially included in the genus Spinus, a group containing New World goldfinches and siskins, but in 1976, Spinus was merged into the genus Carduelis as a subgenus.