Purple Finch

Purple Finches favour mixed and coniferous woodland edges, where they feed on seeds, buds, and berries, often visiting feeders stocked with sunflower seed in winter. Males show a raspberry-red wash over the head and breast that helps distinguish them from the similar House Finch, best seen in good light at close range. Winter is the most reliable season in much of the US, when irruptive movements bring birds south of their breeding range to feeders and fruiting trees.