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 13 birds all read as purple in the field. Check the field marks on each page to be sure.
13 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
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
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