Purple Finch
The scientific name of the
is Carpodacus purpureus
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Carpodacus
Species: Carpodacus purpureus
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Purple Finches: Comprehensive information on this parrot species, including origin, distribution, physical description and photos, pet potential, behavioral challenges and training, breeding, and care requirements ... Finch Information ... Finch Species ... ... The Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus, is a small finch.
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The Purple Finch is the bird that Roger Tory Peterson famously described as a “sparrow dipped in raspberry juice.” For many of us, ... Your backyard sunflower seed feeder is probably a great place to look for Purple Finches if you live within their winter range. This species moves very erratically from year to year,
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Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) Pick Another Species ... Purple Finch at USGS ... Purple Finch at NatureServe...
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Purple Finch - Carpodacus purpureus - Species Information and Photos, including id keys, habitat, diet, behavior, nesting, migration, and conservation status ... Purple Finch - Species Range Map...
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The likely cause is competition with House Finches a species whose range has expanded greatly (see House Finch profile). If you have Purple Finches visiting your backyard feeders, you have another good reason to keep those feeders filled with quality seeds.
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The Purple Finch has a relatively wide breeding distribution which includes the Great Lakes region, north throughout the wooded regions of Canada, to the western Rockies, and south to California (Bent 1968). In Minnesota, the species is a ... 1951). The species is also a frequent visitor to feeders in urban areas.
www.nrri.umn.edu/mnbirds/accounts/PUFIa2.htm
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) ... Male Purple Finch ... The Manitoba Museum holds 28 skins and 2 mounts of the Purple Finch, collected within the province of Manitoba.
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Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus ... competition with House Finch important in disappearance from e areas where ranges now overlap. ... Except for Stanford Notes, the material in this species treatment is taken, with permission, from The Birder's Handbook (Paul Ehrlich, David Dobkin, & Darryl Wheye, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1988)
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Similar Species: ... The raspberry or rose-red wash of the male Purple Finch is deepest over the head, fading over the breast, flanks, back and wings, and the streaking of the underparts is faint. The female is just about the opposite;
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