The American regularly visits seed feeders ... The male is unlike any other finch in North America; the Wilson’s warbler is the only other bright yellow species with a black cap, but it does ...

This species’ often confiding nature, distinctive plumage, pleasing song, and acceptance of human-dominated habitats make it one of the most beloved of North American birds. Polytypic.

In the 1940s, some enterprising individuals in the pet trade in New York came up with an idea to capture these birds in their Western North American home territories, bring them east and sell them ...