Approximate Hatch Weights:
~2g at hatching
~22g by 10 days old
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Common Name: Swallows
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Sparse gray down
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Short and pink to brown
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Orange-yellow
Gape Flanges: Cream-colored
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Pink to brown legs and feet
Video from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Video from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_46d0.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_46ce.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~1st Week - 7.8g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/07/IMG_2866.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 7.8g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/07/IMG_2870.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 7.8g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/07/IMG_2863.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 6g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4544.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week - 6g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4548.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week - 6g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4547.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4421.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4418.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4417.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4416.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~1st Week - 12.5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/07/IMG_2899.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 12.5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/07/IMG_2902.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 12.5g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/07/IMG_2900.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4441.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4440.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4439.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4050.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4052.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/06/IMG_4051.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~2nd Week - 10g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/07/IMG_9447.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 10g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/07/IMG_9446.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 10g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/07/IMG_9451.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 10g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/07/IMG_9453-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
15 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/CLSWDAY15-DSCF9112.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
15 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/CLSWDAY15-180726-DSCF9115.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
16 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/CLSWDAY16-IMG_4340.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
16 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/CLSWDAY16-180727IMG_4337.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/48181171206_f7b22cbc20_o.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2eef.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2ef0.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4fed.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4fef.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4ff2.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
18 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/CLSWDAY18-IMG_4558.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/04/48199061321_df0d217f54_o-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Maria Parrott-Ryan, Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4ff5-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2ef1.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2ef2.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
19 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/CLSWDAY19-IMG_4405.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
19 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/CLSWDAY19-180730IMG_4403.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
17 and 25 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/CLSWDAY1725-180728IMG_4375.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
21 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/CLSWDAY21-180725IMG_4332.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
21 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/CLSWDAY21-IMG_4407.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4ff8.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4ffb.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_4ffe-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Cliff Swallow 21 and 30 Days Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/CLSWDAY18-IMG_4559.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2ef3.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2ef4.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/IMG_3892-e1552767534913.jpg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2ef5.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/10/CLSW-180818IMG_4729.jpg)
Photo by Connie Black
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/07/32817972_2073113532968891_4851900481275953152_n.jpg)
Photo by anonymous contributor
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_5000-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/02/fullsizeoutput_5002-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Jessie Zamichow, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network