Purple finch There are two subspecies of the purple finch, "H. p. purpureus" and "H. p. californicus". "H. p. californicus" was identified by Spencer F. Baird in 1858. It differs from the nominate subspecies in that it has a longer tail and shorter wings. The plumage of both males and females is darker, and the coloration of the females is more greenish. The bill of "C. p. californicus" is also longer than that of the nominate subspecies. Adults have a short forked brown tail and brown wings and are about in length and weigh . Adult males are raspberry red on the
Cuzco brush finch gray with grayish-white abdomens. Males and females are extremely similar in colour, with the female being slightly smaller. Adults: Male: wing , tail 78 mm, tarsus , culmen Female: wing , tail 72 mm, tarsus 25 mm, culmen 15 mm The Cuzco brush finch is a species in the genus "Atlapetes" - along with 30 others. This genus is in the under-class Aves, order passeriformes (songbirds) and family Emberizidae. The Cuzco brush finch has been denoted in 1919 by Chapman as "Atlapetes canigenis". In 1938 "canigenis" was categorized as a subspecies of slaty brush finch. However, "Canigenis" is in a