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Purple finch

Haemorhous purpureus

Description:

Adults have a short forked brown tail and brown wings and are about 15 cm (5.9 in) in length and weigh 34 g (1.2 oz). 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. - from Wikipedia

Habitat:

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. Birds from northern Canada migrate to the southern United States; other birds are permanent residents. The purple finch population has declined sharply in the East due to the house finch. Most of the time, when these two species collide, the house finch outcompetes the purple finch. This bird has been also displaced from some habitat by the introduced house sparrow - also from Wikipedia

Notes:

I see purple finch much more than house finch here. Raspberry colors are male and the last picture is female.

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RiekoS
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RiekoS

Québec, Canada

Spotted on Jan 18, 2016
Submitted on Jan 19, 2016

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