Episode Number
82
Episode Show Notes / Description
Purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus).
The rose-red finch with a clear and open song.
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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:
- Purple finch song by Gregory Budney (ML510176)
- Purple finch call by Robert C. Stein and Randolph Little (ML510178)
- House finch song by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML510161)
Sources and more:
- https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Purple_Finch/
- https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/purple-finch
- Dobson, C., Kassenbaum, D., Oehmke, D., & Misewicz, M. (2023). Field guide to hotspots and birds in Illinois. Scissortail LLC.
- Godfrey, M. A., & Kaufman, Kenn. (Directors). (2004). National Audubon Society videoguide to the birds of North America [Video recording]. In Audubon videoguide to 505 birds of North America DVD I & DVD II (Fullscreen.). Godfrey-Stadin Productions.
- Peterson, R. T., & Peterson, V. M. (1980). A field guide to the birds: A completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America (Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged.). Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Sibley, D. (2016). Sibley birds East: Field guide to birds of eastern North America (2nd ed.). Alfred A. Knopf.
- Walton, R. K., & Lawson, R. W. (1989). Birding by Ear: Eastern/Central [Compact Disc]. On Eastern/Central birding by ear. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Transcript
This is Brodie with Illinois Extension and I’m here with a new “voice of the wild”
This uncommon finch has been driven from most bird feeders and urban areas by competition from the introduced house finch which is native to the western US. You can still find them in little flocks near healthy woods with lots of tree-bourne fruits and seeds. This is the purple finch
Though the male’s rose-red plumage is indeed beautiful, I more often than not recognize the female’s plumage first. They are very strongly streaked, especially on the face, much more so than their lookalike,and soundalike, the house finch. On this second playthrough i’ll play a house finch first; and the purple second; listen for the sharp and buzzy character of the house finch compared to the clear and open song of the purple finch. here’s the house finch, and here’s our second playthrough of the purple finch.
Thank you to the Macaulay library at the Cornell lab for today’s sound. Learn more about voice of the wild at go.illinois.edu/VOW
This uncommon finch has been driven from most bird feeders and urban areas by competition from the introduced house finch which is native to the western US. You can still find them in little flocks near healthy woods with lots of tree-bourne fruits and seeds. This is the purple finch
Though the male’s rose-red plumage is indeed beautiful, I more often than not recognize the female’s plumage first. They are very strongly streaked, especially on the face, much more so than their lookalike,and soundalike, the house finch. On this second playthrough i’ll play a house finch first; and the purple second; listen for the sharp and buzzy character of the house finch compared to the clear and open song of the purple finch. here’s the house finch, and here’s our second playthrough of the purple finch.
Thank you to the Macaulay library at the Cornell lab for today’s sound. Learn more about voice of the wild at go.illinois.edu/VOW