Approximate Hatch Weights:
~6g at hatching
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Common Name: Nightjars
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Semi-Precocial
Down: Buffy down with brown and black markings
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Short and gray to black
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges: White
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Proportionally small pink to gray legs and feet
~1st Week - 8g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_44d6.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~1st Week - 8g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_3b5b.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_4462.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_4469.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~1st Week - 15g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_4468.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_446b.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_446d.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_446f.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_4471.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_4473.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_4bd7.jpeg)
Photo from the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_4476.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~2nd Week - 54g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_4478.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_4488.jpeg)
Photo by Tim Jasinski
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_447a.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~3rd Week - 66g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_447c.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_447e.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~3rd Week - 78g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/06/fullsizeoutput_4480.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/Common-Nighthawk-Week-4.jpg)
Photo from WildCare Oklahoma
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_4484.jpeg)
Photo by LouAnn Partington
>4 Weeks - 43g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/12/IMG_3340-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, scale in centimeters
>4 Weeks - 43g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/12/IMG_3346.jpeg)
Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, scale in centimeters
>4 Weeks - 43g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/12/IMG_3345.jpeg)
Photo from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, scale in centimeters
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/Common-Nighthawk-Week-4-2.jpg)
Photo by Selimah Harmon
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_448a.jpeg)
Photo by Tim Jasinski
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/08/fullsizeoutput_4459.jpeg)
Photo by Tim Jasinski