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Purple Finch
Haemorhous purpureus · Family Fringillidae
Haemorhous purpureus
Family Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,927,608
- Countries and territories with records
- 8
About this species
This species has 2,927,608 occurrence records from 8 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (67.8%) and Canada (32.2%); together they account for 99.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.18% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Haemorhous purpureus combines the genus name Haemorhous with the species epithet purpureus. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Haemorhous; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Haemorhous mexicanus and Haemorhous cassinii.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 204 species of the family Fringillidae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Spinus tristis. Its record count is 6.4 times the family average (459,113). The family Fringillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.