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New Jersey species impacted by Global Warming
American Goldfinch American Goldfinch
(Carduelis tristis)

State bird of Iowa, New Jersey, and Washington
Photo © Steve and Dave Maslowski / Photo Researchers, Inc.
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The American goldfinch, also known as the Eastern goldfinch and the willow goldfinch, is in danger of disappearing from Iowa and Washington.

Description
4 1/2-5" (11-13 cm). Smaller than a sparrow. Breeding male bright yellow with a white rump, black forehead, white edges on black wings and tail, and yellow at bend of wing. Female and winter male duller and grayer with black wings, tail, and white wing bars. Travels in flocks; undulating flight.

Voice
Bright per-chick-o-ree, also rendered as potato-chips, delivered in flight and coinciding with each undulation.

Habitat
Brushy thickets, weedy grasslands, and nearby trees.
See birds in your state with populations that are:

Alder Flycatcher
American Redstart
Bank Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Bobolink
Canada Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cliff Swallow
Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-winged Warbler
Least Flycatcher
Magnolia Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Tree Swallow
Vesper Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Willow Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Siskin



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The background information for this presentation comes from The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, which was prepared by Jeff Price, Ph.D., American Bird Conservancy and Patricia Glick, M.S., National Wildlife Federation.

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