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New Hampshire species impacted by Global Warming
Purple Finch Purple Finch
(Carpodacus purpureus)

State bird of New Hampshire
Photo © Tim Zurowski
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The purple finch is in danger of disappearing from New Hampshire.

Description
5 1/2-6 1/2" (14-17 cm). Larger and stockier than house finch, but smaller than Cassin's and darker than both. Dusky rose-red of male, more raspberry than purple, extends from upperparts to breast and flanks, brightest at crown and rump. Off-white below, mantle streaked with brown, wings and notched tail brown. Female has pronounced light stripe behind eye, dark stripe on jaw, and more heavily streaked breast than female house or Cassin's finches.

Voice
Rich musical warble. Call a distinctive tick in flight.

Habitat
Mixed and coniferous woodlands; ornamental conifers in gardens.
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Bay-breasted Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
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Blue-winged Warbler
Boreal Chickadee
Canada Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cliff Swallow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lincoln's Sparrow
Magnolia Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Rusty Blackbird
Sedge Wren
Tennessee Warbler
Vesper Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Willow Flycatcher
Wilson's Warbler
Winter Wren
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Evening Grosbeak



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The background information for this presentation comes from The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, which was prepared by Jeff Price, Ph.D., American Bird Conservancy and Patricia Glick, M.S., National Wildlife Federation.

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