Lawrence's Goldfinch
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The Lawrence's Goldfinch, Carduelis lawrencei, is a small songbird of North America. Bigger than the Lesser Goldfinch, and smaller than the American Goldfinch, with less yellow markings than either.
It lives from central California and its southern coast in the United States, to Baja California in Mexico. Females have less yellow and do not have the black cap and chin of the males.
This bird is named after the American ornithologist (bird expert), George Newbold Lawrence.
