Approximate Hatch Weights:
~1-3g as hatchling
~3.5-4g as nestling
~5g at adult weight
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Aegithalidae
Common Name: Long-tailed Tits
Region: Western
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Naked
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Short and pink to black
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Orange-yellow
Gape Flanges: Pale yellow
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to gray legs and feet
Video from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Just Hatched
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3801.jpeg)
Photo by Nancy Barbachano
Just Hatched
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3804.jpeg)
Photo by Nancy Barbachano
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/19_04_bushtit_017.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/19_04_bushtit_010.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week - 4.3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8692.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 4.3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8699.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 4.3g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8707.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 4.5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8714.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - avg 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4291.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week - avg 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4290.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week - avg 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4288.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week - avg 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4286.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week - avg 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4283.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4298.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4299.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4400.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4399.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4395.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4394.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8608-2.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8613-2.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8623-2.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8606-2.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~3rd Week - 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8818.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~3rd Week - 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8827.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~3rd Week - 5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8830-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_4b69-1.jpeg)
Photo by Karra Pierce
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_4b6b-1.jpeg)
Photo by Karra Pierce
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/10/Rec-9009-BUSH-27-Mar-2020-Altstatt-J.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Altstatt
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/10/Rec-9120-BUSH-18-Apr-2020-Altstatt-J.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Altstatt