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Illustration of a Black Storm Petrel (Hydrobates melania) egg, 32.5 × 23.9 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Hydrobates melania

  • 32.5 × 23.9 mm (estimated)
  • Speculative: we haven't found a documented description of this egg yet, so we estimated its colours and markings and its size from related birds.
Breeds in United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama

No documented description found yet; drawn like the Leach's Storm-Petrel egg (same genus).

Sources of information

Size
Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Hydrobates castro, Hydrobates furcatus, Hydrobates homochroa, Hydrobates leucorhous, Hydrobates macrodactylus ….
Description
Estimated, no description found: drawn like a related egg (Leach's Storm-Petrel).
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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