House finches and purple finches are both small birds which are native to North America. Both species have stunning red and brown plumage which means that they are easily confused for each other ...

House finches are common sights at feeders during winter in this area, particularly in urban locations, but when they’re seen, they’re often mistaken for purple finches.

The house finches seemed to be more reticent about visiting the feeders when the purple finches were there. It’s not easy to tell the house and purple finch apart, but there are several clues.

The purple finch's bird song is so lovely, it features prominently in 19th-century literature. Their color is not purple, but rather described as rosy-crimson, purply-pink, magenta, wine red or ...

Before the 1940s, purple finches were the only red finches that lived in eastern North America, and the males are really much better described as raspberry-jam red than purple.

The male house differs from the male purple finch not only by having a smaller, more curved bill, but also by lacking a distinct eyebrow, having a brown cap and auricular patch, and being heavily ...

Purple finches are a native Minnesota species, similar in appearance to the house finch, a nonnative species also common in this area. The house finch is native to the western United States.

Female purple finches have much stronger facial markings than female house finches and can be drab greenish to brownish. Male purple finches are often more “raspberry” colored than house finches, and ...

As the house finch spread its range across the U.S., it brought along with it a disease that affects the eyes of the purple finch, causing its eyes to swell shut. This in turn has made it hard for ...

Purple finches are often regular visitors to our feeders. The gorgeous males with their deep red breasts and heads can only be confused with male house finches. A male house finch has brown ...

The finch family, scientifically known as the Fringillidae, meaning “small bird,” has more members than any other bird family on this continent. Familiar species ranging from buntings a… ...