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Carpodacus purpureus
Purple Finch
Minute Man National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Carpodacus purpureus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Passeriformes, Family Fringillidae, Genus Haemorhous, Species Carpodacus purpureus


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:
NatureServe State Rank:
Evidence:		0 Observations, 8 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Acadia National Park
Anacostia Park	Antietam National Battlefield
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Assateague Island National Seashore	Baltimore-Washington National Parkway
Big Bend National Park	Big Hole National Battlefield
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Blue Ridge Parkway	Booker T. Washington National Monument
Buffalo National River	Cabrillo National Monument
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Catoctin Mountain Park	Channel Islands National Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cowpens National Battlefield
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Devils Postpile National Monument
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
Fire Island National Seashore	First State National Historical Park
Fort Circle Parks	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Carver National Monument	Gettysburg National Military Park
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Portage National Monument
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Greenbelt Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Harmony Hall
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Hot Springs National Park
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
John Muir National Historic Site	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Joshua Tree National Park	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Morristown National Historical Park	Muir Woods National Monument
National Capital Parks-East	Navajo National Monument
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Ninety Six National Historic Site
Niobrara National Scenic River	North Cascades National Park
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Olympic National Park	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pinnacles National Park	Pipestone National Monument
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Prince William Forest Park	Redwood National Park
Russell Cave National Monument	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saguaro National Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Shiloh National Military Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Stones River National Battlefield
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vicksburg National Military Park
Voyageurs National Park	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield	Wind Cave National Park


Last Modified Date:	1/4/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/3/2025 11:11:33 PM

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NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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