WordNet
purple finch
n. North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump [syn: Carpodacus purpureus]
Wikipedia
Purple finch
The purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus) is a bird in the finch family, Fringillidae.
Usage examples of "purple finch".
Remnants of the early-morning rain still dripped from the leaves of the apple trees, and a purple finch hopped along a limb where fruit was forming that would not be harvested this year.