Utah Bird Profile
Purple Finch -  Carpodacus Purpureus

Name Roots: (Gr. carpos, "fruit"; dacos, "biting" - L. purpureus, "crimson")

In Utah: First accepted sighting in Utah

Sightings in Utah
Map of Sightings
 


USGS Photo

Other Photos - ID / Song
 

Nesting,
feeding,
characteristic behaviors:
Has a distinctive flight call.

Song

Habitat: Found in open forests and shrubs.
  
How to find: Very rare in Utah.  Found in the Eastern half and West coast of the  US.
  

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Occurrence:  

(See Legend)

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Map of Sighting
  

Legend

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Unconfirmed Sightings

Sightings in Utah

(Updated Feb 2014)

 


  

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