title: Goldfinch
text: # Goldfinch
  
  Goldfinch or The Goldfinch may refer to:
  
  ## Birds
  
  * European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
  * Some species of the genus Spinus:
     * American goldfinch, Spinus tristis
     * Lawrence's goldfinch, Spinus lawrencei
     * Lesser goldfinch, Spinus psaltria
  
  ## Arts, entertainment, and media
  
  * The Goldfinch (painting) (1654), by Carel Fabritius
  * The Goldfinch (novel) (2013) by Donna Tartt, in which Fabritius' painting features
     * The Goldfinch (film) (2019), based on the novel
  * Distelfink, a goldfinch motif in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art
  
  ## Science and technology
  
  * USS Goldfinch, US Navy ships
  * HMS Goldfinch, four ships of the Royal Navy and one of the shore establishment
  * Gloster Goldfinch, a British single-seat biplane fighter from the later 1920s
  
  ## People
  
  * Goldfinch (surname)
  