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Lesser Gold Finch

Spinus psaltria

Description:

looks like this lesser gold finch has a deformed beak.

1 Species ID Suggestions

apeachg
apeachg 11 years ago
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria


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7 Comments

apeachg
apeachg 11 years ago

Glad I could help, keep up the great birding!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Updated,thanks!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

apeach,you are 100 percent correct on the ID . It is just that I am a litttle late in updating it!

apeachg
apeachg 11 years ago

Referencing several sources, they appear to have conical beaks in illustrations (as in the Sibley guide to birds) but in other photos their beaks look a bit curved. Perhaps this one was born with a particularly curved beak or had an accident, but I'm still quite sure of its ID. Poor little guy!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

This one is curved. Usually it is straight.or should be straight.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

apeach ,they have conical beaks ,if well formed.Thank you for the ID!!

apeachg
apeachg 11 years ago

I think their beaks tend to look a bit odd, but perhaps I'm missing something particularly odd about it?

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

Tulare, California, USA

Spotted on Apr 24, 2012
Submitted on Apr 24, 2012

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