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Their breeding habitat is coniferous and mixed forest in Canada and the northeastern United States, as well as various wooded areas along the U.S. Pacific coast. They nest on a horizontal branch or in a fork of a tree.[citation needed]

Male, House Finch (C. mexicanus), Ottawa, Ontario

Birds from northern Canada migrate to the southern United States; other birds are permanent residents.[citation needed]

The Purple Finch population has declined sharply in the East due to the House Finch. Most of the time, when these two species collide, the House Finch out competes the Purple Finch.[5] This bird has been also displaced from some habitat by the introduced House Sparrow.[5]

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