Geococcyx californianus
- 39.2 × 30.1 mm
- Clutch: 2–6 eggs
Breeds in United States, Mexico
White covered with a chalky yellow film, sometimes stained with brown or gray.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 55 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176, 1940), p. 41.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Greater Roadrunner, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Greater Roadrunner, Life History.
- Clutch
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
- 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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