CAROTENISM IN THE PURPLE FINCH
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On 18 January 2016, at the Wildhorse Golf Club in Davis, Yolo County, California, Robert Walsh and Samuel Lei encountered an adult male Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) whose carotenoid-based plumage color was unexpectedly orange-yellow (back cover) rather than the typical raspberry red.
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