House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
(c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)
BirdsIn Franklin County, Ohio

House Finch

Haemorhous mexicanus (P. L. Statius Müller, 1776)

House Finch in all of Ohio
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Near Franklin County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 1 of Ohio's 88 counties. Its mapped range covers 88. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (0)
  • Within its mapped range (14)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (50)
  • Recorded, season not shown (23)
  • Season shown (1)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018). Show as a table
Counties as a table
House Finch by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecordsIn mapped range
Adams CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Ashtabula CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Athens County41 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Auglaize CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Belmont CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Brown CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Butler County66 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Carroll CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Clark County27 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Clermont County33 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Crawford CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Cuyahoga County246 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Defiance CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Delaware County31 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Erie CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Fairfield County23 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Franklin County279 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Fulton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Geauga County20 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Greene County40 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hamilton County138 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hardin CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Henry CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Highland CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Jackson CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Jefferson CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Lake County29 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Lawrence CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Licking County35 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Lorain County47 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Lucas County44 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Madison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Mahoning County21 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Marion CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Medina County100 · Season shownYes: year-round
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Mercer CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Montgomery County78 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Morgan CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Perry CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Portage County24 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Putnam CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Richland County20 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Ross CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Sandusky CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Seneca CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Shelby CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Stark County123 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Summit County247 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Union CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Van Wert CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Warren County31 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Wood County41 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round

Season

When it is recorded

In Franklin County

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 279 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
Show over the bars
Recording in Franklin County · records of all species each week, 95,840 in all

Records per week from 279 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

Show as a table
Records of House Finch in Franklin County each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of House FinchYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10125417
Jan 11–1744236
Jan 18–2474236
Jan 25–31116236
Feb 1–752244
Feb 8–1487360
Feb 15–2133270
Feb 22–28115401
Mar 1–743483
Mar 8–1463567
Mar 15–2185561
Mar 22–2811750
Mar 29 – Apr 4441,310
Apr 5–11851,456
Apr 12–181672,408
Apr 19–251262,525
Apr 26 – May 21162,812
May 3–9322,785
May 10–16652,381
May 17–23512,651
May 24–30332,735
May 31 – Jun 6222,861
Jun 7–13222,986
Jun 14–20642,980
Jun 21–27323,051
Jun 28 – Jul 4423,121
Jul 5–11543,399
Jul 12–18323,754
Jul 19–25223,305
Jul 26 – Aug 1433,347
Aug 2–8323,803
Aug 9–15543,507
Aug 16–22423,137
Aug 23–29213,249
Aug 30 – Sep 5113,487
Sep 6–12323,215
Sep 13–19323,368
Sep 20–26332,586
Sep 27 – Oct 3223,624
Oct 4–10442,701
Oct 11–17552,107
Oct 18–24111,201
Oct 25–31321,123
Nov 1–744789
Nov 8–1453798
Nov 15–2122468
Nov 22–2853522
Nov 29 – Dec 522225
Dec 6–1211234
Dec 13–19343392
Dec 20–2611254
Dec 27 – Jan 274422

In Ohio

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 2,902 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
Show over the bars
Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 2,902 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

Show as a table
Records of House Finch in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of House FinchYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–108496,211
Jan 11–177795,146
Jan 18–2473104,645
Jan 25–315574,698
Feb 1–75686,023
Feb 8–146595,888
Feb 15–215895,436
Feb 22–286486,846
Mar 1–74288,321
Mar 8–14531010,384
Mar 15–2161912,620
Mar 22–2858813,949
Mar 29 – Apr 466919,661
Apr 5–1188926,860
Apr 12–1896739,925
Apr 19–2588941,623
Apr 26 – May 2124956,391
May 3–9891052,952
May 10–1686953,785
May 17–2380757,698
May 24–3076854,651
May 31 – Jun 645853,099
Jun 7–1347953,700
Jun 14–2053956,625
Jun 21–2750955,361
Jun 28 – Jul 459958,477
Jul 5–1160961,336
Jul 12–1859864,722
Jul 19–2556869,753
Jul 26 – Aug 149859,416
Aug 2–8621059,712
Aug 9–1531955,994
Aug 16–22381054,328
Aug 23–2942751,772
Aug 30 – Sep 522757,167
Sep 6–1224859,075
Sep 13–1921754,543
Sep 20–2624645,860
Sep 27 – Oct 327743,180
Oct 4–10261037,841
Oct 11–1742830,824
Oct 18–2443921,156
Oct 25–3128919,021
Nov 1–748814,172
Nov 8–1433912,621
Nov 15–213997,965
Nov 22–284398,136
Nov 29 – Dec 55296,083
Dec 6–123286,004
Dec 13–198495,423
Dec 20–264485,661
Dec 27 – Jan 280108,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Telling it apart

From what Ohio’s records show. Only what the records support is shown.

Often confused with

  • Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureusOften confused in Ohio: 46 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • House Sparrow Passer domesticusOften confused in Ohio: 28 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Song Sparrow Melospiza melodiaOften confused in Ohio: 10 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Pine Siskin Spinus pinus422 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater213 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed81%49%
Forest12%31%
Farmland7%11%
Wetland0.4%5%
Open water0.3%3%
Barren0.1%0.6%
Grassland and shrub0.1%0.9%

From 1,452 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Finer identifications

Some Ohio records of this species were identified to a subspecies:

  • Haemorhous mexicanus frontalisCommon House Finchsubspecies

Every one of these records counts toward the House Finch's season above.

Why some records go further than species

Many species vary from place to place. Groups of a species that look or sound a little different, and live in different areas, can be named as subspecies. Observers and experts only identify a record that far when it shows enough detail to tell them apart. Records without that detail count at the species level.

Names: Catalogue of Life.

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
  • See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Ohio result

2,902 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.