Purple Finch Small 320×287 Medium 640×574 Large 1024×918 Download Tiff Original 2400×2152 | (1.3 MB) Description The purple finch, also known as the American linnet, has a habit of erecting the feathers of its head like a crest. Keywords American, avian, bird, crest, finch, linnet, passeres, purple Galleries Birds: F-G Source: S. G. Goodrich Animal Kingdom Illustrated Vol 2 (New York, NY: Derby & Jackson, 1859) Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman
