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title: "Lawrence's Goldfinch"
description: "Spinus lawrencei — Vogels. Lawrence's goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei) is a small songbird of erratic distribution that breeds in California and Baja California and winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/lawrence-s-goldfinch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lawrence's Goldfinch

> Spinus lawrencei — Vogels. Lawrence's goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei) is a small songbird of erratic distribution that breeds in California and Baja California and winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Spinus lawrencei*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4811
- Wikidata: [Q27075859](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075859)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145309](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145309)

## Names

- en: Lawrence's Goldfinch
- de: Maskenzeisig
- es: Jilguerito Cara Negra
- fr: Chardonneret gris
- pt: Pintassilgo-mascarado
- pl: Czyż wspaniały

## Countries with the most observations

US (4465), MX (113)

## Summary

Lawrence's goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei) is a small songbird of erratic distribution that breeds in California and Baja California and winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence%27s_goldfinch

## Photo

![Lawrence's Goldfinch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lawrence-s-goldfinch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270252083

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lawrence-s-goldfinch?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).