Receives seed-based diet as a chick
Approximate Hatch Weights:
~1.5-8g as hatchling
~10-15g as nestling
~21g at adult weight
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Common Name: Finches/Allies
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Sparse white down
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Short and conical
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Red
Gape Flanges: Yellow
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to brown legs and feet
Video by Brenda Varvarigos
Video by Brenda Varvarigos
Video by Brenda Varvarigos
Nest

Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Eggs

Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
Eggs

Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
Just Hatched

Photo by Brenda Varvarigosa
~1st Week

Photo by Celeste Hitchman
~1st Week

Photo by Nikki Becich, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
~1st Week

Photo by Nikki Becich, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
~1st Week

Photo by Nikki Becich, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
~1st Week

Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week

Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week

Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week - 4.5g

Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 4.5g

Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
2 Days Old

Photo by Brenda Varvarigosa
~1st Week

Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~1st Week

Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
3 Days Old

Photo by Brenda Varvarigosa
~1st Week

Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week

Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week

Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week

Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week

Photo by Katherine Calderón
~1st Week

Photo by Katherine Calderón
~1st Week

Photo by Katherine Calderón
~1st Week

Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week

Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week

Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week

Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~1st Week - 11g

Photo by Pam Mead
~1st Week - 11g

Photo by Pam Mead
~1st Week

Photo by Julia Berger
~1st Week

Photo by Julia Berger
~1st Week

Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week

Photo by Melissa Freitag
~1st Week

Photo by anonymous contributor
~1st Week

Photo by anonymous contributor
~1st Week - 13g

Photo by Linda Adams
~1st Week

Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~1st Week

Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week

Photo by Ashley Damm
~2nd Week

Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~2nd Week

Photo by anonymous contributor
~2nd Week

Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week

Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week

Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week

Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week

Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - avg 12g

Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~3rd Week - avg 12g

Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~3rd Week

Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~3rd Week - 17g

Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~3rd Week - 17g

Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~3rd Week - 17g

Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~3rd Week

Photo by Jessica Zorge, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week

Photo by Jess Kwan, WildCare
~3rd Week

Photo by Jess Kwan, WildCare
~3rd Week

Photo by Crystal Ma, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week

Photo by Crystal Ma, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week

Photo by Crystal Ma, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week

Photo by anonymous contributor
~3rd Week

Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~4th Week

Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~4th Week

Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~4th Week

Photo by Britney Hover