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title: "Czyż złotawy"
description: "Spinus tristis — Ptaki. The American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) is a small North American bird in the finch family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/american-goldfinch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Czyż złotawy

> Spinus tristis — Ptaki. The American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) is a small North American bird in the finch family.

- Scientific name: *Spinus tristis*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 199003
- Wikidata: [Q27075861](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075861)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145310](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145310)

## Names

- en: American Goldfinch
- de: Goldzeisig
- es: Jilguero canario
- fr: Chardonneret jaune
- it: Cardellino americano
- nl: Goudsijs
- pt: Pintassilgo-americano
- pl: Czyż złotawy

## Countries with the most observations

US (134197), CA (45482), MX (82), PM (3)

## Summary

The American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) is a small North American bird in the finch family. It is migratory, ranging from mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canada–United States border to Mexico during the winter.
The only finch in its subfamily to undergo a complete molt, the American goldfinch displays sexual dichromatism: the male is a vibrant yellow in the summer and an olive color during the winter, while the female is a dull yellow-brown shade which brightens only slightly during the summer. The male displays brightly colored plumage during the breeding season…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_goldfinch

## Photo

![Czyż złotawy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-goldfinch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Glenn Berry · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53187208

## Machine access

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