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House Finch

Carpodacus mexicanus

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Field Notes

Notes:

ID made by venusflytrap2000

Species ID Suggestions

Common House Finch

Carpodacus Mexicanus
Caleb Steindel
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Comments (2)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Welcome to Project Noah, wilnelia.recart! This is a lovely spotting. Please consider adding this to the Southern California Wildlife mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7964554
Caleb Steindel
this looks more like a common house finch to me. purple finches are reddish-purple all over, whereas house finches have brown wings. This one has brown wings, so i say house finch. we get them quite a bit here in PA
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PublishedMarch 9, 2014

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