Purple Finch
Haemorhous purpureus
Family: Finches, euphonias, and allies
Purple Finch is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
Did you know
Both females and males feed the nestlings, which leave the nest two to three weeks after hatching.
It is a bird in the finch family, Fringillidae.
The nest is shaped like an open cup, made up of rootlets, twigs, and weeds, and lined with grass, hair, and moss.