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Purple Finch
| Color: |
Brown, Red |
| Size: |
6" |
| Season: |
Winter |
| Description: |
Resembles a House Finch. Male Purple Finch does not have brown streaks on the sides. Female Purple Finch has a bolder brown and white pattern on the head. |
| Voice: |
Song is a slightly hoarse, variable warble.
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| Habitat: |
Hardwood and pine forests as well as suburban and urban areas where it visits feeders. |
| Interesting Fact: |
Purple Finch abundance can vary considerably from year to year. Any given location in Arkansas may have only a few birds one winter, followed by a flock of several hundred the next winter. |
| Scientific name: |
Carpodacus purpureus |
| Order: |
Passeriformes |
| Family: |
Fringillidae |
Male Robert Herron |
Female Howard Eskin |
Male Janet Criswell |
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