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Illustration of a Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) egg, 68.5 × 46.2 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Cerorhinca monocerata

  • 68.5 × 46.2 mm
Breeds in Canada, United States

Off white with faint purplish blotches.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 39 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Diving Birds (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 107, 1919), p. 106.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Rhinoceros Auklet, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Ontario 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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