![]() Purple Finches live in the north and breed in southeast Canada. You’ll see House Finches all over the eastern part of the United States. Both the House Finch and the Purple Finch love to eat sunflower seeds and sunflower meats and will often visit feeders to get them. The female Purple Finch has what looks like white and brown streaks down the breast and dark brown coloring on her back. The female House Finch looks mostly brown but has some white feathers showing through on her sides and back. She has a distinctive white streak over her eye, a dark cheek patch, and a white stripe at the bottom of the cheek. The female Purple Finch has bold facial patterns. Both are various shades of brown and white with no distinguishing colors. You’ll have a tougher time trying to tell the female House Finch and Purple Finch apart. The red-headed finch is a small sparrow sized bird at around 14 cm in length. The House Finch also has color on its chest. The House Finch has color along its eyebrow, but the entire head does not have color. The Purple Finch looks as if it someone poured purple dye on its head and the color moved over the original brown and cream and flowed down the back and down the chest. The Purple Finch has stripes but not streaking. The House Finch has what looks like streaking on the breast and the sides. Finches in Ohio (9 Species with Pictures) Ohio is a central, north-eastern state and you can find nine different species of finch there. The male House Finch is an reddish-orange, while the male Purple Finch is a reddish-purple. ![]() They are about the same size and shape, but the difference is in the coloring. The males can be distinguished by the shades of color. The resemblance to the cut-throat finch is unmistakable. Males have vibrant red heads and chests while the females are duller. ![]() It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,600,000 km2. Many people mistake a House Finch for a Purple Finch. The red-headed finch is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. Weve had house finches raise families in nests built in both corners of the awning over our front steps for a number of years. ![]()
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