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Purple Finch

Carpodacus purpureus

Photo by Liam
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Males are bright red, females brown. First Purple Finches I've seen in a few years.

Habitat:

Urban

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Comments (6)
Liam
Thanks CoastalJ. I saw that! I was honored!
CoastalJHawk
Great set of pictures. Awesome to see it featured by Cornell on an email I received today.
Liam
New photos added. Thanks Naomi.
naomichan
i've never seen purple finch before, that's beautiful.

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PublishedAugust 12, 2011

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