[Length 6 in. Wingspan 10 in.]

This female "Interior" Purple Finch was photographed at a feeder at Tamarac NWR, Minnesota, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1992)

[Length 6 in. Wingspan 10 in.]

This male Purple Finch was photographed at Nojoqui Falls County Park, Solvang, California, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: July 7, 2013)

[Length 6 in. Wingspan 10 in.]

This female Purple Finch was photographed at Sequoia National Forest, California, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: July 2, 2013)

[Length 6 in. Wingspan 10 in.]

This female Purple Finch was photographed at Nojoqui Falls County Park, Solvang, California, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: July 7, 2013)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Saffron Finch was photographed at Barranquilla, Department Atlantico, Colombia. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: June 12, 2009)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Black Rosy-Finch was photographed at the mountaintop restaurant, Sandia Crest, New Mexico, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: March 3, 2008)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Brown-capped Rosy-Finch was photographed at the mountaintop restaurant, Sandia Crest, New Mexico, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: March 3, 2008)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Brown-capped Rosy-Finch was photographed at the mountaintop restaurant, Sandia Crest, New Mexico, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: March 3, 2008)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 14.75 in.]

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches are sparrow-sized birds with a rich brown back and breast, a deep rose-colored belly, a rosy wash across the wings, and a black head with gray sides and back. Females are the same basic color pattern, but duller overall. They breed across most of Alaska (including the entire Aleutian Island chain) except the far northern tundra, and along the mountains of western Canada, western Washington, western Oregon, and western Montana. In winter they move to lower elevations and south throughout the mountains and foothills of western Canada and the western US. The Aleutian Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch is noticeably larger and shows more gray on the face than its mainland cousins. This male "Aleutian" Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was photographed on Attu Island, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 mirror lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)