Listen to the house finch
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About the house finch
The house finch is a bird in the family Fringillidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the house finch sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
From Wikipedia
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 in the genus Haemorhous.
Related birds in the genus Haemorhous
More from the family Fringillidae
European goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
Eurasian bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Eurasian chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Common linnet
Linaria cannabina
Eurasian siskin
Spinus spinus
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
European greenfinch
Chloris chloris
Red crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
Common rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinus
Common redpoll
Acanthis flammea
Frequently asked questions
What does a house finch sound like?
You can hear 4 recordings of the house finch on this page. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the house finch endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the house finch as “least concern”.
What family does the house finch belong to?
The house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Carpodacus mexicanus vocalizations - pone.0027052.s006 by Francis C, Ortega C, Cruz A – CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
- La Pona (20-04-2026) - aves y otros sonidos by Luisalvaz – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- La Pona (20-04-2026) -Paloma, pinzón, baloncillo, saltapared cola blanca by Luisalvaz – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- La Pona (20-04-2026) - aves y sonidos antropocéntricos by Luisalvaz – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q25170208 – CC0
- Wikipedia: House finch – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by sergio niebla from Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México – CC BY-SA 2.0