American Kestrel Hatchling
Falco sparverius (hatchling)
A downy, helpless chick raised in a tree cavity, nest box, cliff hole, or building crevice in open country. It stays in the nest and relies on adults to bring insects, small reptiles, and pieces of small birds or mammals. Its early defenses are crouching, hissing, pecking weakly, and gripping with tiny talons. Like other falcon chicks, it grows quickly on a protein-rich diet and begins replacing down with juvenile feathers before leaving the nest.
- Type
- Fang
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- American Kestrel Hatchling
- ?
- American Kestrel