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Tail Black And White:
The male American goldfinch is a lemon-yellow bird with a black crown and tail and black wings that have white bars; the female is a dull olive-yellow with blackish wings, prominently barred. In the European goldfinch, the sexes are similar. The face is red, the head and tail black and white, the back brown, and the wings black and yellow.Range: From southwestern Alaska, Saskatchewan (east of Cascade-Sierra Divide), central and southern California, south central Nevada, southeastern Utah, northern New Mexico, western Kansas, northern Arizona, and western Texas Description: In flight, black and white bird with long tail; large patches of white on shoulder and in outspread wing; belly white, sharply cut off from black breast; middle tail feathers very long, each outer pair shorter; bill and feet black; length 17^-22 inches; tail 9%-i2 inches
Range: Southern half of Canada south through most of United States with exception of southern Florida and Coastal Plain Description: Fairly large, heavy-bodied; head small, legs short; tail large and bushy; claws of forefeet developed for digging; glistening black with broad, white stripe from nape to shoulder, then continuing to base of tail as pair of lateral stripes; narrow white stripe along nose to nape patch; tail black and white; reaches length of 30 inches including y%-inch tail; may weigh 10 pounds
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