Regurgitates after first week when stressed
Approximate Hatch Weights:
~60g at hatching
Order: Cathartiformes
Family: Cathartidae
Common Name: New World Vultures
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: White down with naked face
Skin Color: Black
Bill: Hooked and black
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges: None
Iris: Gray
Legs and Feet: Dark gray legs and feet
Video from The Bird Rescue Center
Video from The Bird Rescue Center
Just Hatched
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_35ba.jpeg)
Photo from The Bird Rescue Center
Just Hatched
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_35bc.jpeg)
Photo from The Bird Rescue Center
Just Hatched
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/10/Rec-5953-Turkey-Vulture-chick-23-May-2017-Ball.jpeg)
Photo by Morgan Ball
1 Day Old
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/20170511_TUVU.Foster_1.jpg)
Photo from The Bird Rescue Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/04/baby-TUVU-2014.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/04/IMG_5457-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/04/IMG_5459-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/04/IMG_5460-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/04/IMG_5461-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/04/IMG_5465-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/04/IMG_5469-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2023/04/IMG_5470-scaled.jpg)
Photo from the Wildlife Center of Virginia
~1st Week - 224g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/02/fullsizeoutput_2ab5.jpeg)
Photo by Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e13.jpeg)
Photo by Lori Arent, The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e15.jpeg)
Photo by Lori Arent, The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4cb9.jpeg)
Photo by Lori Arent, The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
~4th Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/12/48325414901_f3a1bef311_o.jpeg)
Photo from Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Center
>4 Weeks - 1 kg
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4cb4.jpeg)
Photo by Lori Arent, The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
>4 Weeks - 1 kg
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4cb6.jpeg)
Photo by Lori Arent, The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4cbc.jpeg)
Photo by Lori Arent, The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/12/fullsizeoutput_4cbe.jpeg)
Photo by Lori Arent, The University of Minnesota Raptor Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/04/TUVU-_4th-week.jpg)
Photo by Jessica Zorge, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_35bf.jpeg)
Photo from The Bird Rescue Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_35c2.jpeg)
Photo from The Bird Rescue Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_35c6.jpeg)
Photo from The Bird Rescue Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_35c9.jpeg)
Photo from The Bird Rescue Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4e00.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_35ce.jpeg)
Photo from The Bird Rescue Center
>4 Weeks
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/04/fullsizeoutput_35ca.jpeg)
Photo from The Bird Rescue Center