Leucophaeus modestus
- 58.2 × 41.2 mm
- Speculative: we haven't found a documented description of this egg yet, so we estimated its colours and markings from related birds.
Breeds in Chile
No documented description found yet; drawn like the Laughing Gull egg (same genus).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 12 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 7. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 444.
- Description
- Estimated, no description found: drawn like a related egg (Laughing Gull).
- 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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