House finch

Haemorhous mexicanus · Fringillidae

The house finch is a North American bird in the finch family. It is native to Mexico and southwestern United States, but has since been introduced to the eastern part of North America and Hawaiʻi, and is found year-round in almost all parts of the United States and most of Mexico, with breeding grounds well into Canada as far north as northern Alberta. There are estimated to be 40 million house finches across North America, making it the second-most populous finch, just behind the American goldfinch.

Where the House finch lives

Recorded in United States of America and Canada (North America).

Most records fall in California, Texas, Utah, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland.

See the House finch’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 19,240,843 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.