Purple birds of North America
Colour is usually the first thing you notice and the least reliable thing to identify on — light, angle, and season all shift it, and females often look nothing like males. These 8 birds all read as purple in the field. Check the field marks on each page to be sure.
8 birds
Purple MartinProgne subis
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
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