Approximate Hatch Weights:
~70g at hatching
Order: Cathartiformes
Family: Cathartidae
Common Name: New World Vultures
Region: Eastern
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Buffy down with naked face
Skin Color: Black
Bill: Hooked and black
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape:
Gape Flanges:
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Black to brown legs and feet
Egg
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_3605.jpeg)
Photo by Karen Montalvo
Egg
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_3604.jpeg)
Photo by Karen Montalvo
Hatching
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_3608.jpeg)
Photo by Karen Montalvo
Hatching
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_3600.jpeg)
Photo by Karen Montalvo
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/Fledgling-Black-Vulture-2-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/Nestling-Black-Vulture.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/IMG_7938-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/IMG_7940-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/IMG_7943-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/IMG_1563.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/37242347_1772678396173189_2816832667331330048_n.jpg)
Photo by Kevin Shepherd, WildCare Oklahoma
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4cf6.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/IMG_0002-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/IMG_0005.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/IMG_0006-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/IMG_0007-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/IMG_0008.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/01/IMG_0010.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4cf9.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma