Finches in Connecticut
Our list for Connecticut has 5 finches recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Connecticut in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Pine Siskin 11–14 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- House Finch 13–15 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Evening Grosbeak 16–22 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made