Eggs

Aptenodytes patagonicus

• 104.5 × 75.8 mm
• Clutch: 1 egg

Pale greenish white, matte and slightly chalky, pear-shaped.

Sources of information

Size

Average of 25 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 1. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 50.

Description

Hauber, M. E. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Eggs. University of Chicago Press, p. 49.

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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