Purple Finch

The Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus, is a small finch.

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Adults have a short forked brown tail and brown wings. Adult males are raspberry red on the head, breast, back and rump; their back is streaked. Adult females have light brown upperparts and white underparts with dark brown streaks throughout; they have a white line on the face above the eye.

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Their breeding habitat is coniferous and mixed forest in Canada and the northeastern United States, as well as various wooded areas along the U.S. Pacific coast. They nest on a horizontal branch or in a fork of a tree.

Related Topics:
Coniferous - Canada - United States - Pacific

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Birds from northern Canada migrate to the southern United States; other birds are permanent residents.

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These birds forage in trees and bushes, sometimes in ground vegetation. They mainly eat seeds, berries and insects.

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This bird has been displaced from some habitat by House Sparrows and then the introduction of House Finches in the east.

Related Topics:
House Sparrow - House Finch

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This is the state bird of New Hampshire.

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