Purple Finch vs. House Finch - Bird Identification

Learn how to tell Purple Finches and House Finches apart.

In finches and other birds, irruptions are a sudden increases in population in a particular region. Early reports show large numbers of Purple Finches headed south already in August 2020, which should lead to a large number in the eastern US this fall/winter. Learn how to separate them from the most likely confusion species, House Finch.

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🕘Timestamps:
0:00 - Irruption Information
0:49 - Female-type Purple Finch (females + young males)
2:20 - Female-type House Finch (females + young males)
2:52 - Male Purple Finch
4:47 - Male House Finch
6:10 - Outro

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[tanjarandoja]

Thank you for showing multiple examples of each bird, it was very helpful! 🙂

[avendraprashad]

Really appreciate this video fam, thank you ✊🏼

[BillHiltonJr]

I appreciate your efforts to clear up difficulties in identifying these two species. :-) However, it is incorrect to refer to brown Purple Finches as females. Young (first year/second year) male Purple Finches are brown like females; it takes them two years to develop their red plumage. By comparison, young male House Finches are brown until their first fall and can be reliably sexed after about mid-October.

[chromicapop]

Since yesterday our yard has gotten house finch males

[Laryngitis]

NOW I finally know everything! *sarcasm* TY! 👍👍👍

[artpsych]

Also; the end of the tail are more forked among purple fiches, than with house finches.