Birds of Costa Rica

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Genus: Spinus (2 species, 20 worldwide)



Lesser Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria colombianus) Male
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Lesser Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Female
Copacabana, Antioquia, Colombia
  Note small size and distinctive forked tail. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A more yellowish female.

Yellow-bellied Siskin
Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus) Male
Manizales, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Yellow-bellied Siskin
Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus xanthogastrus) Female
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Found from 1500 to 2800m, and is a bit patchily distributed. Compare female to Andean Siskin female, usually found higher.

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