Carpodacus mexicanus
Haemorhous mexicanus
Summary 7
The House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) is a bird in the finch family Fringillidae, which is found in North America. This species and the other "American rosefinches" are placed in the genus Haemorhous by the American Ornithologists' Union but have usually been included in Carpodacus.
Distribution 8
Global Range: Primarily resident from southern British Columbia to southern Baja California and central mainland Mexico, from the Pacific Coast to western Montana, Wyoming, western Nebraska, western Oklahoma, and western California. Introduced in the Hawaiian Islands (abundant on all main islands), and in the eastern U.S. where, subsequent to the 1940 introduction, the range has expanded throughout most of the eastern U.S. and adjacent southern Canada (Jackson 1992).
Sources and Credits
- (c) Rick Leche, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/64649343@N00/3118512037
- Ken Thomas, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/House_Finch-27527-2.jpg/460px-House_Finch-27527-2.jpg
- (c) Wikimedia Commons, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/House-finch-male.jpeg/460px-House-finch-male.jpeg
- (c) nigel from vancouver, Canada, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/House_Finch_4268-002.jpg
- (c) 2008 Robert Sivinski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=247240&one=T
- Ken Thomas, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/House_Finch-27527.jpg/460px-House_Finch-27527.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemorhous_mexicanus
- (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28830844
