Cyrtonyx montezumae
- 31.9 × 24.7 mm
- Clutch: 2–15 eggs
Breeds in United States, Mexico
White to creamy white.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 39 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Gallinaceous Birds (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 162, 1932), p. 86.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Montezuma Quail, 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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