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
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/05/IMG_8642-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Eggs
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3b51.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
Eggs
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3b4e.jpeg)
Photo from The Wildlife Center of Virginia
Just Hatched
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_4532.jpeg)
Photo by Brenda Varvarigosa
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_396f.jpeg)
Photo by Celeste Hitchman
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3b40.jpeg)
Photo by Nikki Becich, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3b43.jpeg)
Photo by Nikki Becich, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3b46.jpeg)
Photo by Nikki Becich, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4554.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4552.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4551.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week - 4.5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8320.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 4.5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/04/IMG_8316.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
2 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_4535.jpeg)
Photo by Brenda Varvarigosa
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2ee9.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2eea.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
3 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_453d.jpeg)
Photo by Brenda Varvarigosa
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4033.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4028.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4032.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4030.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/93434615_10217323524182559_5226529995806998528_o.jpeg)
Photo by Katherine Calderón
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/93277471_10217323525262586_7842497951921340416_o.jpeg)
Photo by Katherine Calderón
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/93849131_10217323524742573_921743382366126080_o.jpeg)
Photo by Katherine Calderón
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4faa.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4fad.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4fb1.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2eee.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~1st Week - 11g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/08/38207466_2143028975937821_8267761007703621632_n.jpg)
Photo by Pam Mead
~1st Week - 11g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/08/37930255_2143028972604488_3981525010849202176_n.jpg)
Photo by Pam Mead
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/32266387_1811426095584371_5687523872367181824_n.jpg)
Photo by Julia Berger
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/32271865_1811426282251019_4577568782502854656_n.jpg)
Photo by Julia Berger
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/08/25105141497_d06f42f0bb_c.jpg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_367c.jpeg)
Photo by Melissa Freitag
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/32808343_2073101782970066_7406585507548758016_n.jpg)
Photo by anonymous contributor
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/32861012_2073103099636601_2256204959777292288_n.jpg)
Photo by anonymous contributor
~1st Week - 13g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/56537455_10214764110798450_6139994107155578880_o.jpg)
Photo by Linda Adams
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_38e2.jpeg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/house-finch-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/House-Finch-2_2-Week.jpg)
Photo by Ashley Damm
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/32454877_854850561381543_1898410785038663680_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/32921704_2073104282969816_7637908443201798144_n.jpg)
Photo by anonymous contributor
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4fb4-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4fb7-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4fba.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4fbf.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4fbd.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week - avg 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/IMG_1744-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~3rd Week - avg 12g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/03/IMG_1747.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4dcb.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~3rd Week - 17g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3751.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~3rd Week - 17g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3753.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~3rd Week - 17g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/05/fullsizeoutput_3755.jpeg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic, grid squares = 1 inch
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/House-Finch-3-Week.jpg)
Photo by Jessica Zorge, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_0698.jpg)
Photo by Jess Kwan, WildCare
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_0698-1.jpg)
Photo by Jess Kwan, WildCare
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_2794.jpg)
Photo by Crystal Ma, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_2803.jpg)
Photo by Crystal Ma, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/05/IMG_2808.jpg)
Photo by Crystal Ma, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/32503689_2073112019635709_6669001758670323712_n.jpg)
Photo by anonymous contributor
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/11782501_439931409540129_3729952588699105711_o.jpg)
Photo by Maureen Eiger, Help Wild Birds
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4fc2.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4fc4-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/House-Finch-4-Week.jpg)
Photo by Britney Hover