The house finch is native to all of the southern states. Many people like them for the beautiful bright red feathers that they have. (Click the picture for link)

Kingdom: Animalia

Common Name:
House Finch

Scientific Name: Carpodacus mexicanus

Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Carpodacus
Species: mexicanus

Natural Range
The house finch ranges in the summer from southern Canada down on south to southern Mexico. To see a map click here.

Interesting Facts
The house finch was native to southwestern America, but in 1940 a whole bunch of them got let loose in Long Island, New York and started breeding and are now all over Canada.

The House Finch at CLHS

The house finch is very common to our campus here at CLHS. They lived in our gym during the construction of our new building. At that time we found a bird's nest full of house finch eggs in the rafters. They also come to eat out of our bird feeders daily.