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Illustration of a Sargasso Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) egg, 50.59 × 36.44 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Puffinus lherminieri

  • 50.59 × 36.44 mm
Breeds in Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean islands, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela

Dull white, unmarked and lustreless; oval.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 3 eggs: Stoddard, M. C., et al. 2017. Avian egg shape: form, function, and evolution. Science 356: 1249-1254 (Data S1, MVZ egg collection).
Description
Penard, F. P. & A. P. Penard 1908. De vogels van Guyana (Suriname, Cayenne en Demerara), deel 1. Paramaribo., p. 57.
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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