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Purple Finch

Carpodacus purpureus

Photo by JoshuaGSmith
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34.0967, -117.72

Field Notes

Habitat:

Toyon shrub on a chaparral slope

Notes:

This finch is has more color on its body than the red colored House Finch. I have also seen this bird at Camp Trask in Monrovia in a White Alder above a creek.

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Southern California Wildlife
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Flora and Fauna of California Wilderness
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Birds of California/Arizona
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PublishedJuly 6, 2014

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