Purple finch
| Purple finch Temporal range:
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| Male | |
| Female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Haemorhous |
| Species: | H. purpureus
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| Binomial name | |
| Haemorhous purpureus (Gmelin, 1789)
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| Range of C. purpureus Breeding range Year-round range Wintering range
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| Synonyms | |
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Burrica purpurea | |
The purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus) is a bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. It breeds in the northern United States, southern Canada, and the west coast of North America.