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title: "House Finch"
description: "Haemorhous mexicanus — Vogels. The house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) is a North American bird in the finch family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/house-finch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# House Finch

> Haemorhous mexicanus — Vogels. The house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) is a North American bird in the finch family.

- Scientific name: *Haemorhous mexicanus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 343654
- Wikidata: [Q25170208](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25170208)
- iNaturalist taxon: [199840](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199840)

## Names

- en: House Finch
- de: Hausgimpel
- es: Pinzón mexicano
- fr: Roselin familier
- pt: Pintarroxo-caseiro
- pl: Dziwuszka ogrodowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (245217), MX (43656), CA (25398), GR (18), ES (12), DE (3)

## Summary

The house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 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. The house finch and the other two American rosefinches (Cassin's and purple finch) are placed…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_finch

## Photo

![House Finch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/house-finch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kristen Francis · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72375345

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/house-finch?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).