purple finch
noun
: a finch (Haemorhous purpureus) of the U.S. and Canada having in the male a rosy-red head, breast, and rump
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This winter drive is located within the Atlantic Flyway, so keep an eye out for overwintering dark-eyed juncos, evening grosbeaks, and purple finches.
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Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
This has led to population booms in evening grosbeak, purple finch, and to a lesser extent, pine siskin and other finches, the authors said.
—Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020
Being seen are representatives from eight finch species: pine siskin, common redpoll, hoary redpoll, purple finch, pine grosbeak, evening grosbeak, red crossbill, and white-winged crossbill, plus red-breasted nuthatch.
—Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020
Among other things, at the lower end of global warming, many state birds — including Minnesota’s loon and New Hampshire’s purple finch — would be more likely to maintain at least a fraction of their current range in their states.
—New York Times, 10 Oct. 2019
It was first observed in house finches in 1994, and the disease has spread to American goldfinches, evening grosbeaks and purple finches.
—Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 June 2019
Hi, purple finches, and welcome back to another occasional edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet.
—Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 22 Mar. 2019
At Parker River National Wildlife Refuge there was a brant, four least bitterns, a little blue heron, a glossy ibis, and five purple finches.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2018
Or, search for purple finches and nesting dark-eyed juncos at the Holden Arboretum in Kirtland.
—James F. McCarty, cleveland.com, 9 Apr. 2018
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Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
This has led to population booms in evening grosbeak, purple finch, and to a lesser extent, pine siskin and other finches, the authors said.
—Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020
Being seen are representatives from eight finch species: pine siskin, common redpoll, hoary redpoll, purple finch, pine grosbeak, evening grosbeak, red crossbill, and white-winged crossbill, plus red-breasted nuthatch.
—Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020
Among other things, at the lower end of global warming, many state birds — including Minnesota’s loon and New Hampshire’s purple finch — would be more likely to maintain at least a fraction of their current range in their states.
—New York Times, 10 Oct. 2019
It was first observed in house finches in 1994, and the disease has spread to American goldfinches, evening grosbeaks and purple finches.
—Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 June 2019
Hi, purple finches, and welcome back to another occasional edition of This Week in Timothée Chalamet.
—Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 22 Mar. 2019
At Parker River National Wildlife Refuge there was a brant, four least bitterns, a little blue heron, a glossy ibis, and five purple finches.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2018
Or, search for purple finches and nesting dark-eyed juncos at the Holden Arboretum in Kirtland.
—James F. McCarty, cleveland.com, 9 Apr. 2018
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“Purple finch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purple%20finch. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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