#0977 · 🐦 birds

House Finch

🇳🇱 Mexicaanse Roodmus ·Haemorhous mexicanus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Leonardo Guzmán · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Alan R. Biggs · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © MostlyDross · CC BY 4.0
5. © Alan Vernon · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Leighanna Olaker · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Coleen Lawlor · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Jorge A. Pérez Torres · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Jaime R Briseño · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The house finch ( Haemorhous mexicanus ) is a bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is native to western North America, and has been introduced to the eastern half of the continent and Hawaii. This species and the other "American rosefinches" are placed in the genus Haemorhous .

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 348,119iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).