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Purple Finch

Photo by NathanWashor
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Field Notes

Description:

Either a house or purple finch. I am not experienced enough to determine.

Habitat:

Residential

Notes:

I have a dozen or so of these in my neighborhood. Pretty finch.

Species ID Suggestions

House Finch

Carduelis mexicanus

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Comments (2)
NathanWashor
Thanks, that's what I thought too, but they are less common than a house finch so I wasn't sure.
jamerbean
Your picture rather nicely shows that he has red on his back, so that's a purple finch. :)

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