Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (2)
J. Timothy Wootton
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1996
Text last updated January 1, 1996
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Bulgarian | Пурпурна чинка |
Catalan | pinsà porpra |
Croatian | američka rujnica |
Dutch | Amerikaanse roodmus |
English | Purple Finch |
English (United States) | Purple Finch |
Estonian | ameerika karmiinleevike |
French | Roselin pourpré |
French (Canada) | Roselin pourpré |
German | Purpurgimpel |
Icelandic | Purpurafinka |
Japanese | ムラサキマシコ |
Norwegian | purpurfink |
Polish | dziwuszka purpurowa |
Russian | Пурпурная чечевица |
Serbian | Američka ljubičasta zeba |
Slovak | červenák purpurový |
Spanish | Camachuelo Purpúreo |
Spanish (Mexico) | Pinzón Colorado |
Spanish (Spain) | Camachuelo purpúreo |
Swedish | purpurfink |
Turkish | Amerika Çütresi |
Ukrainian | Чечевиця кармінова |
Haemorhous purpureus (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla purpurea
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.923.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Carolina ; emended to South Carolina by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 320.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- HAEMORHOUS
- purpureus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Purple Finch.