Alca torda
- 75.9 × 47.9 mm
Breeds in Canada, United States
Whitish with dark blotches around large end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 80 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Diving Birds (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 107, 1919), p. 203.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Razorbill, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Wikimedia Commons photo; Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Saskatchewan Museum). - 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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