Approximate Hatch Weights:
~27-34g at hatching
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Common Name: Cormorants
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Naked then black down
Skin Color: Pink to yellow around head and black on body
Bill: Long with hooked tip and black
Foot Type: Totipalmate
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges: None
Iris: Dark brown
Legs and Feet: Black to brown legs and feet
Hatching
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-23-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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Hatching
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-24-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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Just Hatched
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-5-of-26.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-10-of-26.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-2-of-26.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-1-of-26.jpeg)
Photo by Marie Travers
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-11-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-12-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-13-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-14-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-15-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-16-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-17-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-20-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-21-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-6-of-26.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-3-of-26.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-4-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-22-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-9-of-26.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-8-of-26.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-7-of-26.jpeg)
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~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-19-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-25-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-18-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
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~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/02/DCCOchick-26-of-26-scaled.jpeg)
Photo by Marie Travers