The female American goldfinch is larger and has white undertail ... A very pale female lesser can show whitish undertail coverts, but it has a different wing pattern than all Americans and is ...

All other plumages can be separated from the lesser goldfinch by their bolder wing pattern and white undertail coverts. The female Lawrence’s goldfinch is gray like a nonbreeding adult female ...

The hands-down winners of positivity, however, are the cheerful neighborhood flock of lesser goldfinches that brightens virtually everything with their musical chattering and sunny colors.