Approximate Hatch Weights:
~0.4g at hatching
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Common Name: Hummingbirds
Region: Western
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Sparse yellowish down
Skin Color: Black
Bill: Long and straight and orange-yellow then black
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Orange-yellow
Gape Flanges: Yellow
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Gray to black legs and feet
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/IMG_2620-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Heather Brown
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/65364134_846807435688802_3388138136029626368_n.jpeg)
Photo by Heather Brown
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/IMG_2619.jpeg)
Photo by Heather Brown