351 eggs at true relative size, from the 10 mm egg of the Vervain Hummingbird to the 17.5 mm egg of the Green Hermit.
About this collection. 4,422 eggs, covering nearly every bird that nests in the Americas, from Canada and the United States through Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean to South America, plus a few famous eggs from elsewhere, like the Ostrich and the extinct Elephant Bird. Sizes come from published measurements wherever we found them; shapes and colours are our best estimates (how accurate these eggs are).
2,116 of them are marked Speculative: we haven't found documented descriptions or measurements of these eggs yet (for 129 of them, a source we checked reports the egg as undescribed), so they are estimated from their closest relatives. They are hidden unless you untick Hide speculative eggs. We keep adding sources and update the eggs as we go. Have you seen one of these eggs, or know a source? Message us.
Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin
- 12.7 × 8.6 mm
White.
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. 414.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Allen's Hummingbird, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Allen's Hummingbird, Life History.
- 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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Amazilia Hummingbird
Amazilis amazilia
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Amethyst Woodstar
Calliphlox amethystina
- 13.2 × 8.1 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
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South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, VenezuelaPlain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 2 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 679.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Amethyst-throated Mountaingem
Lampornis amethystinus
- 14.1 × 9.2 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
White, unmarked, narrow and elongate.
Sources of information
- Size
- Skutch, A. F. 1967. Life histories of Central American highland birds. Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 7., p. 44.
- Description
- Skutch 1967, Life Histories of Central American Highland Birds (Publ. Nuttall Orn. Club 7).
- 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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Amethyst-throated Sunangel
Heliangelus amethysticollis
- 14.2 × 8.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Heliangelus exortis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Andean Emerald
Uranomitra franciae
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Andean Hillstar
Oreotrochilus estella
- 16.82 × 10.69 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 4 eggs: Stoddard, M. C., et al. 2017. Avian egg shape: form, function, and evolution. Science 356: 1249-1254 (Data S1, MVZ egg collection).
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Anna's Hummingbird
Calypte anna
- 13.29 × 8.76 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
White.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 24 eggs: Bendire, Life Histories of North American Birds, Vol. 2 (1895), p. 209.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Anna's Hummingbird, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Anna's Hummingbird, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (University of Saskatchewan Department of Biology Natural History Collection). - 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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Antillean Crested Hummingbird
Orthorhyncus cristatus
- 11.9 × 7.6 mm (approx.)
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 95.
- 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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Azure-crowned Hummingbird
Saucerottia cyanocephala
- 14.4 × 9.1 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 2 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 674.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Bahama Woodstar
Nesophlox evelynae
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Band-tailed Barbthroat
Threnetes ruckeri
- 14.5 × 9.4 mm (approx.)
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Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, PanamaSouth America: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 83.
- 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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Bearded Mountaineer
Oreonympha nobilis
- 15 × 10 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Immaculate white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Córdoba-Córdoba et al. 2012 Orn. Neotrop. 23: 299-302.
- Description
- Córdoba-Córdoba, S. et al. 2012. Description of the nest and eggs of the Bearded Mountaineer (Oreonympha nobilis) from Peru. Orn. Neotrop. 23: 299-302.
- 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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Beautiful Sheartail
Calothorax pulcher
- 12.7 × 9.7 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Calothorax lucifer.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Bee Hummingbird
Mellisuga helenae
- 10 × 6.5 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Mellisuga minima.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Berylline Hummingbird
Saucerottia beryllina
- 14.4 × 9.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Saucerottia cyanocephala, Saucerottia saucerottei, Saucerottia tobaci.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black Inca
Coeligena prunellei
- 16.1 × 9.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found a description of this egg (a source we checked reports it as undescribed), so we estimated its colours and markings and its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Coeligena torquata.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black Jacobin
Florisuga fusca
- 15 × 10 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Florisuga mellivora.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black Metaltail
Metallura phoebe
- 12.7 × 8.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Metallura tyrianthina.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black-backed Thornbill
Ramphomicron dorsale
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black-bellied Hummingbird
Eupherusa nigriventris
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black-bellied Thorntail
Discosura langsdorffi
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black-breasted Hillstar
Oreotrochilus melanogaster
- 16.2 × 10.3 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Oreotrochilus estella, Oreotrochilus leucopleurus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black-breasted Puffleg
Eriocnemis nigrivestis
- 13 × 8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Eriocnemis cupreoventris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri
- 12.51 × 8.3 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
White.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 52 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176, 1940), p. 357.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black-chinned Hummingbird, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (University of Saskatchewan Department of Biology Natural History Collection). - 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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Black-crested Coquette
Lophornis helenae
- 11.4 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Lophornis gouldii, Lophornis ornatus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black-eared Fairy
Heliothryx auritus
- 14 × 9 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, VenezuelaWhite.
Sources of information
- Size
- Pinto 1953, Sobre a coleção Carlos Estevão de peles, ninhos e ovos das aves de Belém (Pará), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 11(13): 113–224, p. 151.
- Description
- Pinto 1953, Sobre a coleção Carlos Estevão de peles, ninhos e ovos das aves de Belém (Pará), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 11(13): 113–224, p. 151.
- 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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Black-hooded Sunbeam
Aglaeactis pamela
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black-tailed Trainbearer
Lesbia victoriae
- 14 × 9.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Lesbia nuna.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black-thighed Puffleg
Eriocnemis derbyi
- 13 × 8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Eriocnemis cupreoventris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black-throated Brilliant
Heliodoxa schreibersii
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black-throated Hermit
Phaethornis atrimentalis
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Black-throated Mango
Anthracothorax nigricollis
- 15.1 × 10.3 mm (approx.)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
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Central America: PanamaThe Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 296.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Blue-bearded Helmetcrest
Oxypogon cyanolaemus
- 15 × 10.2 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Oxypogon guerinii.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Blue-capped Puffleg
Eriocnemis glaucopoides
- 13 × 8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Eriocnemis cupreoventris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Blue-chested Hummingbird
Polyerata amabilis
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Blue-chinned Sapphire
Chlorestes notata
- 14 × 10 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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The Caribbean: Trinidad and TobagoSouth America: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
White.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oniki & Willis 1983, A study of breeding birds of the Belém area, Brazil: II. Psittacidae to Trochilidae, Ciência e Cultura 35(7): 956–964, p. 961.
- Description
- Pinto 1953, Sobre a coleção Carlos Estevão de peles, ninhos e ovos das aves de Belém (Pará), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 11(13): 113–224, p. 148.
- 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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Blue-fronted Lancebill
Doryfera johannae
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Blue-headed Hummingbird
Riccordia bicolor
- 13 × 9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Riccordia ricordii.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Blue-headed Sapphire
Chrysuronia grayi
- 13.2 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found a description of this egg (a source we checked reports it as undescribed), so we estimated its colours and markings and its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chrysuronia brevirostris, Chrysuronia leucogaster, Chrysuronia versicolor.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Blue-mantled Thornbill
Chalcostigma stanleyi
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Wikipedia, 'Blue-mantled thornbill' (summarising Birds of the World account), accessed 2026-10.
- 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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Blue-tailed Emerald
Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- 10 × 6.5 mm (approx.)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
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The Caribbean: Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Trinidad and TobagoSouth America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Penard, F. P. & A. P. Penard 1910. De vogels van Guyana (Suriname, Cayenne en Demerara), deel 2. Paramaribo., p. 127.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Blue-tailed Hummingbird
Saucerottia cyanura
- 14.4 × 9.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Saucerottia cyanocephala, Saucerottia saucerottei, Saucerottia tobaci.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Blue-throated Hillstar
Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus
- 16.2 × 10.3 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Oreotrochilus estella, Oreotrochilus leucopleurus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Blue-throated Mountain-gem
Lampornis clemenciae
- 15.1 × 10 mm
- Clutch: 1–2 eggs
Dull white, smooth and oval.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 8 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176, 1940), p. 328.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Blue-throated Mountain-gem, 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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Blue-throated Sapphire
Chlorestes eliciae
- 13.5 × 8.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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Mexico: MexicoCentral America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Colombia
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- body size: Wikipedia: Blue-throated goldentail (9 cm, 3.6 g).
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Blue-throated Starfrontlet
Coeligena helianthea
- 16.1 × 9.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found a description of this egg (a source we checked reports it as undescribed), so we estimated its colours and markings and its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Coeligena torquata.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Blue-tufted Starthroat
Heliomaster furcifer
- 14.8 × 9.2 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 4 eggs: de la Peña, M. R. 2025. Aves Argentinas: descripción, comportamiento, reproducción y distribución. Comunicaciones del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino" (Nueva Serie). Santa Fe., tomo 3, p. 103.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Blue-vented Hummingbird
Saucerottia hoffmanni
- 14.4 × 9.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Saucerottia cyanocephala, Saucerottia saucerottei, Saucerottia tobaci.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Brazilian Ruby
Heliodoxa rubricauda
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Broad-billed Hummingbird
Cynanthus latirostris
- 12.6 × 8.5 mm
- Clutch: 2–3 eggs
White.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 27 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176, 1940), p. 469.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Broad-billed Hummingbird, 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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Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
- 13 × 8.8 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
White and unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 62 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176, 1940), p. 391.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Broad-tailed Hummingbird, 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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Broad-tipped Hermit
Anopetia gounellei
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Bronze-tailed Comet
Polyonymus caroli
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Stoddard, M. C., et al. 2017. Avian egg shape: form, function, and evolution. Science 356: 1249-1254 (Data S1, MVZ egg collection).
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
Chalybura urochrysia
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Bronze-tailed Thornbill
Chalcostigma heteropogon
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Wikipedia, 'Bronze-tailed thornbill' (summarising Birds of the World account), accessed 2026-10.
- 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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Bronzy Hermit
Glaucis aeneus
- 15.5 × 9 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 256.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Bronzy Inca
Coeligena coeligena
- 16.1 × 9.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Coeligena torquata.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Brown Inca
Coeligena wilsoni
- 16.1 × 9.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Coeligena torquata.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Brown Violetear
Colibri delphinae
- 13.9 × 9.15 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, PanamaThe Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 290.
- Description
- Wikipedia, 'Brown violetear' (summarising Birds of the World account), accessed 2026-10.
- 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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Buff-bellied Hermit
Phaethornis subochraceus
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Amazilia yucatanensis
- 13.24 × 8.65 mm
Whitish.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 50 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176, 1940), p. 445.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Life History.
- 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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Buff-breasted Sabrewing
Campylopterus duidae
- 15.5 × 11.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Campylopterus hemileucurus, Campylopterus largipennis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Buff-tailed Coronet
Boissonneaua flavescens
- 15.1 × 9.5 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 2 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 677.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Buff-tailed Sicklebill
Eutoxeres condamini
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Buff-thighed Puffleg
Haplophaedia assimilis
- 13.7 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Haplophaedia lugens.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Buff-winged Starfrontlet
Coeligena lutetiae
- 16.1 × 9.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Coeligena torquata.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Buffy Helmetcrest
Oxypogon stuebelii
- 15 × 10.2 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Oxypogon guerinii.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Buffy Hummingbird
Leucippus fallax
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Bumblebee Hummingbird
Selasphorus heloisa
- 12.4 × 8.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Selasphorus calliope, Selasphorus flammula, Selasphorus platycercus, Selasphorus rufus, Selasphorus sasin ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Butterfly Coquette
Lophornis verreauxii
- 11.4 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Lophornis gouldii, Lophornis ornatus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
- 12.1 × 8.3 mm
Tiny, smooth, white.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 45 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176, 1940), p. 425.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Calliope Hummingbird, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Calliope Hummingbird, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (University of Saskatchewan Department of Biology Natural History Collection). - 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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Canivet's Emerald
Cynanthus canivetii
- 12.6 × 8.5 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Cynanthus latirostris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Charming Hummingbird
Polyerata decora
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird
Saucerottia castaneiventris
- 14.4 × 9.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Saucerottia cyanocephala, Saucerottia saucerottei, Saucerottia tobaci.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Boissonneaua matthewsii
- 15.1 × 9.5 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Boissonneaua flavescens.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Chilean Woodstar
Eulidia yarrellii
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Chiribiquete Emerald
Chlorostilbon olivaresi
- 12.3 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found a description of this egg (a source we checked reports it as undescribed), so we estimated its colours and markings and its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chlorostilbon gibsoni, Chlorostilbon lucidus, Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus, Chlorostilbon mellisugus, Chlorostilbon stenurus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Cinnamon Hummingbird
Amazilia rutila
- 13.6 × 8.7 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Cinnamon-throated Hermit
Phaethornis nattereri
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Collared Inca
Coeligena torquata
- 16.1 × 9.9 mm (approx.)
Plain white, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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Colorful Puffleg
Eriocnemis mirabilis
- 13 × 8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Eriocnemis cupreoventris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Copper-rumped Hummingbird
Saucerottia tobaci
- 14.5 × 9.4 mm (approx.)
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 85.
- 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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Coppery Emerald
Chlorostilbon russatus
- 12.3 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chlorostilbon gibsoni, Chlorostilbon lucidus, Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus, Chlorostilbon mellisugus, Chlorostilbon stenurus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Coppery Metaltail
Metallura theresiae
- 12.7 × 8.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Metallura tyrianthina.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Coppery-bellied Puffleg
Eriocnemis cupreoventris
- 13 × 8 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Pure white and immaculate, without obvious gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Hauber, M. E. (ed.), J. Bates & B. Becker 2014. The Book of Eggs: A Life-Size Guide to the Eggs of Six Hundred of the World's Bird Species. University of Chicago Press., p. 337.
- Description
- Hauber, M.E. (ed.), Bates, J. & Becker, B. 2014. The Book of Eggs. University of Chicago Press (FMNH 2928), p. 337.
- 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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Coppery-headed Emerald
Microchera cupreiceps
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Costa's Hummingbird
Calypte costae
- 12.4 × 8.2 mm
White.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 51 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176, 1940), p. 366.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Costa's Hummingbird, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Costa's Hummingbird, Life History.
- 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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Cozumel Emerald
Cynanthus forficatus
- 12.6 × 8.5 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Cynanthus latirostris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Crimson Topaz
Topaza pella
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
White, unmarked and lustreless; long elliptical, like a small swift's egg.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Penard, F. P. & A. P. Penard 1910. De vogels van Guyana (Suriname, Cayenne en Demerara), deel 2. Paramaribo., p. 136.
- 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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Crowned Woodnymph
Thalurania colombica
- 15.2 × 9.4 mm (approx.)
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Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, PanamaSouth America: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 87.
- 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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Cuban Emerald
Riccordia ricordii
- 13 × 9 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 2 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 672.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Diamantina Sabrewing
Campylopterus diamantinensis
- 15.5 × 11.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Campylopterus hemileucurus, Campylopterus largipennis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Dot-eared Coquette
Lophornis gouldii
- 12 × 8 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 2 eggs
White.
Sources of information
- Size
- Pinto 1953, Sobre a coleção Carlos Estevão de peles, ninhos e ovos das aves de Belém (Pará), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 11(13): 113–224, p. 151.
- Description
- Pinto 1953, Sobre a coleção Carlos Estevão de peles, ninhos e ovos das aves de Belém (Pará), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 11(13): 113–224, p. 151.
- 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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Dusky Hummingbird
Phaeoptila sordida
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Dusky Starfrontlet
Coeligena orina
- 16.1 × 9.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Coeligena torquata.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Dusky-throated Hermit
Phaethornis squalidus
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Ecuadorian Hillstar
Oreotrochilus chimborazo
- 16.2 × 10.3 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Oreotrochilus estella, Oreotrochilus leucopleurus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Ecuadorian Piedtail
Phlogophilus hemileucurus
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Emerald-bellied Puffleg
Eriocnemis aline
- 13 × 8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Eriocnemis cupreoventris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Emerald-chinned Hummingbird
Abeillia abeillei
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Empress Brilliant
Heliodoxa imperatrix
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Esmeraldas Woodstar
Chaetocercus berlepschi
- 12.4 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chaetocercus bombus, Chaetocercus heliodor, Chaetocercus jourdanii.
- Description
- Marcuk, Greeney & Eckhoff 2024, The nest and eggs of the Rufous-shafted Woodstar Chaetocercus jourdanii andinus, with a review of breeding data for the genus, El Hornero 39(1): 120-125 (Table 1 p. 123); citing Juina et al. 2010 (Ornitol. Neotrop. 21:313-322).
- 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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Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Heliodoxa rubinoides
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Festive Coquette
Lophornis chalybeus
- 11.4 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Lophornis gouldii, Lophornis ornatus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Fiery Topaz
Topaza pyra
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Fiery-tailed Awlbill
Avocettula recurvirostris
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Fiery-throated Hummingbird
Panterpe insignis
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Fiery-throated Metaltail
Metallura eupogon
- 12.7 × 8.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Metallura tyrianthina.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Flame-throated Sunangel
Heliangelus micraster
- 14.2 × 8.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Heliangelus exortis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Thalurania furcata
- 12 × 8 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, VenezuelaPure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oniki & Willis 1983, A study of breeding birds of the Belém area, Brazil: II. Psittacidae to Trochilidae, Ciência e Cultura 35(7): 956–964, p. 961.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 87.
- 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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Frilled Coquette
Lophornis magnificus
- 11.4 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Lophornis gouldii, Lophornis ornatus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Garden Emerald
Chlorostilbon assimilis
- 12.3 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found a description of this egg (a source we checked reports it as undescribed), so we estimated its colours and markings and its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chlorostilbon gibsoni, Chlorostilbon lucidus, Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus, Chlorostilbon mellisugus, Chlorostilbon stenurus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Garnet-throated Hummingbird
Lamprolaima rhami
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Geoffroy's Daggerbill
Schistes geoffroyi
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Giant Hummingbird
Patagona gigas
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 84.
- 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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Gilded Sapphire
Hylocharis chrysura
- 13.2 × 8.6 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 4 eggs: de la Peña, M. R. 2025. Aves Argentinas: descripción, comportamiento, reproducción y distribución. Comunicaciones del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino" (Nueva Serie). Santa Fe., tomo 3, p. 138.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Glittering-bellied Emerald
Chlorostilbon lucidus
- 12.88 × 8.42 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 28 eggs: de la Peña, M. R. 2025. Aves Argentinas: descripción, comportamiento, reproducción y distribución. Comunicaciones del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino" (Nueva Serie). Santa Fe., tomo 3, p. 114.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Glittering-throated Emerald
Chionomesa fimbriata
- 12.9 × 8.5 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
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South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, VenezuelaPlain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 13 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 674.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Glow-throated Hummingbird
Selasphorus ardens
- 12.4 × 8.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Selasphorus calliope, Selasphorus flammula, Selasphorus platycercus, Selasphorus rufus, Selasphorus sasin ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Glowing Puffleg
Eriocnemis vestita
- 13 × 8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Eriocnemis cupreoventris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Golden-bellied Starfrontlet
Coeligena bonapartei
- 16.1 × 9.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found a description of this egg (a source we checked reports it as undescribed), so we estimated its colours and markings and its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Coeligena torquata.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Golden-breasted Puffleg
Eriocnemis mosquera
- 13 × 8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Eriocnemis cupreoventris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Golden-crowned Emerald
Cynanthus auriceps
- 12.6 × 8.5 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Cynanthus latirostris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Golden-tailed Sapphire
Chrysuronia oenone
- 13.2 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chrysuronia brevirostris, Chrysuronia leucogaster, Chrysuronia versicolor.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Gorgeted Puffleg
Eriocnemis isabellae
- 13 × 8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Eriocnemis cupreoventris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Gorgeted Sunangel
Heliangelus strophianus
- 14.2 × 8.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Heliangelus exortis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Gorgeted Woodstar
Chaetocercus heliodor
- 13.09 × 8.46 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 8 eggs: Marcuk, Greeney & Eckhoff 2024, The nest and eggs of the Rufous-shafted Woodstar Chaetocercus jourdanii andinus, with a review of breeding data for the genus, El Hornero 39(1): 120-125 (Table 1 p. 123).
- Description
- Marcuk, Greeney & Eckhoff 2024, The nest and eggs of the Rufous-shafted Woodstar Chaetocercus jourdanii andinus, with a review of breeding data for the genus, El Hornero 39(1): 120-125 (Table 1 p. 123).
- 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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Gould's Jewelfront
Heliodoxa aurescens
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Great Sapphirewing
Pterophanes cyanopterus
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Great-billed Hermit
Phaethornis malaris
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
All white.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Greeney, Gelis & White 2004, Notes on breeding birds from an Ecuadorian lowland forest, Bull. B.O.C. 124: 28–37, p. 31.
- 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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Green Hermit
Phaethornis guy
- 17.5 × 11 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Dull white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 265.
- Description
- Wetmore 1968, The Birds of the Republic of Panamá, Part 2 (Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 150).
- 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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Green Mango
Anthracothorax viridis
- 14.7 × 9.7 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango, Anthracothorax nigricollis, Anthracothorax viridigula.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Green Thorntail
Discosura conversii
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Sánchez Pérez et al. 2016, Description of the nest and eggs of the Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii). Ornitol. Neotrop. 27: 73-76.
- 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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Green-and-white Hummingbird
Elliotomyia viridicauda
- 13 × 8.5 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Elliotomyia chionogaster.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Green-backed Firecrown
Sephanoides sephaniodes
- 15 × 9.9 mm (approx.)
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 92.
- 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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Green-backed Hillstar
Urochroa leucura
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Green-bearded Helmetcrest
Oxypogon guerinii
- 15 × 10.2 mm (approx.)
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 92.
- 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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Green-bellied Hummingbird
Saucerottia viridigaster
- 14.4 × 9.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Saucerottia cyanocephala, Saucerottia saucerottei, Saucerottia tobaci.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Green-breasted Mango
Anthracothorax prevostii
- 14.7 × 9.7 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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Mexico: MexicoCentral America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
The Caribbean: Caribbean islands
South America: Colombia, Venezuela
White, unmarked; smooth, little gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- body size: Wikipedia: Green-breasted mango (10.3-12.1 cm, 5.7-7.0 g).
- Description
- Birds Colombia: Mango Pechiverde / Green-breasted Mango (2022): 'two white eggs'; supporting: Wikipedia: Green-breasted mango (clutch of two).
- 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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Green-breasted Mountaingem
Lampornis sybillae
- 14.6 × 9.7 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Lampornis amethystinus, Lampornis calolaemus, Lampornis castaneoventris, Lampornis clemenciae.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Green-crowned Brilliant
Heliodoxa jacula
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Green-crowned Plovercrest
Stephanoxis lalandi
- 13.5 × 8.1 mm (approx.)
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 95.
- 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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Green-fronted Hummingbird
Ramosomyia viridifrons
- 14 × 9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Ramosomyia violiceps.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Green-fronted Lancebill
Doryfera ludovicae
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Green-headed Hillstar
Oreotrochilus stolzmanni
- 16.2 × 10.3 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Oreotrochilus estella, Oreotrochilus leucopleurus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Green-tailed Emerald
Chlorostilbon alice
- 12.3 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chlorostilbon gibsoni, Chlorostilbon lucidus, Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus, Chlorostilbon mellisugus, Chlorostilbon stenurus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Green-tailed Goldenthroat
Polytmus theresiae
- 12 × 8.5 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 2 eggs
White.
Sources of information
- Size
- Pinto 1953, Sobre a coleção Carlos Estevão de peles, ninhos e ovos das aves de Belém (Pará), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 11(13): 113–224, p. 150.
- Description
- Pinto 1953, Sobre a coleção Carlos Estevão de peles, ninhos e ovos das aves de Belém (Pará), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 11(13): 113–224, p. 150.
- 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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Green-tailed Trainbearer
Lesbia nuna
- 14 × 9.8 mm (approx.)
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 92.
- 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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Green-throated Carib
Eulampis holosericeus
- 14.6 × 9.5 mm (approx.)
Plain white, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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Green-throated Mango
Anthracothorax viridigula
- 14.3 × 9.3 mm
- Clutch: 1–2 eggs
White, unmarked, glossless (as all hummingbirds).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 4 eggs: Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., p. 255.
- Description
- Hellebrekers, W.P.J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24 (Suriname).
- 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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Green-throated Mountaingem
Lampornis viridipallens
- 14.6 × 9.7 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Lampornis amethystinus, Lampornis calolaemus, Lampornis castaneoventris, Lampornis clemenciae.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Greenish Puffleg
Haplophaedia aureliae
- 13.7 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Haplophaedia lugens.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Grey-bellied Comet
Taphrolesbia griseiventris
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Grey-breasted Sabrewing
Campylopterus largipennis
- 14 × 10.5 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, VenezuelaWhite, about equally rounded at both ends.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oniki & Willis 1983, A study of breeding birds of the Belém area, Brazil: II. Psittacidae to Trochilidae, Ciência e Cultura 35(7): 956–964, p. 961.
- Description
- Oniki & Willis 1983, A study of breeding birds of the Belém area, Brazil: II. Psittacidae to Trochilidae, Ciência e Cultura 35(7): 956–964, p. 961.
- 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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Grey-chinned Hermit
Phaethornis griseogularis
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Hispaniolan Emerald
Riccordia swainsonii
- 13 × 9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Riccordia ricordii.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Hispaniolan Mango
Anthracothorax dominicus
- 13 × 8.4 mm (approx.)
Plain white, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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Hoary Puffleg
Haplophaedia lugens
- 13.7 × 8.9 mm (approx.)
Plain white, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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Honduran Emerald
Amazilia luciae
- 13.6 × 8.7 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Hooded Visorbearer
Augastes lumachella
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Hook-billed Hermit
Glaucis dohrnii
- 15.3 × 9.2 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Glaucis aeneus, Glaucis hirsutus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Horned Sungem
Heliactin bilophus
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Humboldt's Sapphire
Chrysuronia humboldtii
- 13.2 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found a description of this egg (a source we checked reports it as undescribed), so we estimated its colours and markings and its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chrysuronia brevirostris, Chrysuronia leucogaster, Chrysuronia versicolor.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Hyacinth Visorbearer
Augastes scutatus
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Schuchmann & Kirwan 2020, Hyacinth Visorbearer, Birds of the World (Cornell Lab), doi:10.2173/bow.hyavis1.01 (quoted on Wikipedia 'Hyacinth visorbearer').
- 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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Inagua Woodstar
Nesophlox lyrura
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Indigo-capped Hummingbird
Saucerottia cyanifrons
- 14.4 × 9.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Saucerottia cyanocephala, Saucerottia saucerottei, Saucerottia tobaci.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Jamaican Mango
Anthracothorax mango
- 15.4 × 10 mm (approx.)
Plain white, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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Juan Fernandez Firecrown
Sephanoides fernandensis
- 15 × 9.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Sephanoides sephaniodes.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Koepcke's Hermit
Phaethornis koepckeae
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Lazuline Sabrewing
Campylopterus falcatus
- 15.5 × 11.1 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found a description of this egg (a source we checked reports it as undescribed), so we estimated its colours and markings and its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Campylopterus hemileucurus, Campylopterus largipennis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Lesser Violetear
Colibri cyanotus
- 13.9 × 9.2 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Colibri coruscans, Colibri delphinae, Colibri thalassinus.
- Description
- Wikipedia, 'Lesser violetear' (summarising Birds of the World account), accessed 2026-10; secondary: Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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Letitia's Thorntail
Discosura letitiae
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Little Hermit
Phaethornis longuemareus
- 11.7 × 7.5 mm (approx.)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Wetmore 1968 (Birds of Panama pt 2), ["p. 275"].
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Little Woodstar
Chaetocercus bombus
- 11.6 × 7.8 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Marcuk, Greeney & Eckhoff 2024, The nest and eggs of the Rufous-shafted Woodstar Chaetocercus jourdanii andinus, with a review of breeding data for the genus, El Hornero 39(1): 120-125 (Table 1 p. 123).
- Description
- Marcuk, Greeney & Eckhoff 2024, The nest and eggs of the Rufous-shafted Woodstar Chaetocercus jourdanii andinus, with a review of breeding data for the genus, El Hornero 39(1): 120-125 (Table 1 p. 123); citing Juina et al. 2010, Greeney & Juina 2020, A. Hill.
- 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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Long-billed Hermit
Phaethornis longirostris
- 15.9 × 9.5 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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Mexico: MexicoCentral America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Pure white, unmarked; long and narrow.
Sources of information
- Size
- Skutch, A. F. 1964. Life histories of hermit hummingbirds. Auk 81: 5-25., p. 8.
Agrees with: Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá. Part 2. Columbidae (pigeons) to Picidae (woodpeckers). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 269 (printed page inferred from scan position, i.e. search-index leaf minus 12; read via archive.org page OCR); Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá. Part 2. Columbidae (pigeons) to Picidae (woodpeckers). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 267 (printed page inferred from scan position, i.e. search-index leaf minus 12; read via archive.org page OCR). - Description
- Skutch 1964 (Long-billed Hermit nesting, Costa Rica); supporting: Wetmore 1968, The Birds of the Republic of Panama, pt 2 (Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 150), p. 267.
- 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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Long-billed Starthroat
Heliomaster longirostris
- 13.2 × 8.65 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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Mexico: MexicoCentral America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
White, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 2 eggs: Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá. Part 2. Columbidae (pigeons) to Picidae (woodpeckers). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 368 (printed page inferred from scan position, i.e. search-index leaf minus 12; read via archive.org page OCR).
Agrees with: Rowley, J. S. 1966. Breeding records of birds of the Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca, México. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 1(3)., p. 152 (as cited by Wetmore; not read directly). - Description
- Wetmore 1968, The Birds of the Republic of Panama, pt 2 (Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 150) (quoting Rowley 1966).
- 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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Long-tailed Hermit
Phaethornis superciliosus
- 15.9 × 9.5 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
White.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 2 eggs: Wetmore 1968 (Birds of Panama pt 2), ["p. 269"].
- Description
- Oniki & Willis 1983, A study of breeding birds of the Belém area, Brazil: II. Psittacidae to Trochilidae, Ciência e Cultura 35(7): 956–964, p. 960.
- 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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Long-tailed Sylph
Aglaiocercus kingii
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Clear white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Hauber et al. 2014 (The Book of Eggs), ["p. 336"].
- Description
- Hauber, M. E. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Eggs. University of Chicago Press, p. 336.
- 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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Long-tailed Woodnymph
Thalurania watertonii
- 12.6 × 8.3 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Thalurania colombica, Thalurania furcata, Thalurania glaucopis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Lucifer Hummingbird
Calothorax lucifer
- 12.7 × 9.7 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 6 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176, 1940), p. 430.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Lucifer Hummingbird, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Lucifer Hummingbird, 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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Magenta-throated Woodstar
Philodice bryantae
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Mangrove Hummingbird
Chrysuronia boucardi
- 13.2 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chrysuronia brevirostris, Chrysuronia leucogaster, Chrysuronia versicolor.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Many-spotted Hummingbird
Taphrospilus hypostictus
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Marvelous Spatuletail
Loddigesia mirabilis
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Mexican Hermit
Phaethornis mexicanus
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Mexican Sheartail
Doricha eliza
- 12.2 × 7.6 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Doricha enicura.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Mexican Violetear
Colibri thalassinus
- 13.57 × 8.83 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Pure white, unmarked, narrow and elongate.
Sources of information
- Size
- Skutch, A. F. 1967. Life histories of Central American highland birds. Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 7., p. 34.
Agrees with: Skutch 1967, quoted in Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 292. - Description
- Skutch, A.F. 1967. Life Histories of Central American Highland Birds. Publ. Nuttall Orn. Club 7.
- 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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Mexican Woodnymph
Eupherusa ridgwayi
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Minute Hermit
Phaethornis idaliae
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Mountain Avocetbill
Opisthoprora euryptera
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Mountain Velvetbreast
Lafresnaya lafresnayi
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Napo Sabrewing
Campylopterus villaviscensio
- 15.5 × 11.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Campylopterus hemileucurus, Campylopterus largipennis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Narrow-tailed Emerald
Chlorostilbon stenurus
- 13 × 8.9 mm (approx.)
Plain white, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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Neblina Metaltail
Metallura odomae
- 12.7 × 8.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Metallura tyrianthina.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Needle-billed Hermit
Phaethornis philippii
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Oasis Hummingbird
Rhodopis vesper
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Oaxaca Hummingbird
Eupherusa cyanophrys
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Olivaceous Thornbill
Chalcostigma olivaceum
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Olive-spotted Hummingbird
Talaphorus chlorocercus
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Orange-throated Sunangel
Heliangelus mavors
- 14.2 × 8.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Heliangelus exortis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Outcrop Sabrewing
Campylopterus calcirupicola
- 15.5 × 11.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Campylopterus hemileucurus, Campylopterus largipennis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Pale-bellied Hermit
Phaethornis anthophilus
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Pale-tailed Barbthroat
Threnetes leucurus
- 14 × 9 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Very white.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 3 eggs: Oniki & Willis 1983, A study of breeding birds of the Belém area, Brazil: II. Psittacidae to Trochilidae, Ciência e Cultura 35(7): 956–964, p. 959.
- Description
- Pinto 1953, Sobre a coleção Carlos Estevão de peles, ninhos e ovos das aves de Belém (Pará), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 11(13): 113–224, p. 145.
- 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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Peacock Coquette
Lophornis pavoninus
- 11.4 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Lophornis gouldii, Lophornis ornatus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Perija Metaltail
Metallura iracunda
- 12.7 × 8.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Metallura tyrianthina.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Peruvian Piedtail
Phlogophilus harterti
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Peruvian Sheartail
Thaumastura cora
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Pink-throated Brilliant
Heliodoxa gularis
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Pirre Hummingbird
Goldmania bella
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Plain-bellied Emerald
Chrysuronia leucogaster
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 37 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 674.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Plain-capped Starthroat
Heliomaster constantii
- 14 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Heliomaster furcifer, Heliomaster longirostris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Planalto Hermit
Phaethornis pretrei
- 14.35 × 9.5 mm (approx.)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- de la Peña, M. R. 2025. Aves Argentinas: descripción, comportamiento, reproducción y distribución. Comunicaciones del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino" (Nueva Serie). Santa Fe., tomo 3, p. 69.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Puerto Rican Emerald
Riccordia maugaeus
- 13 × 9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Riccordia ricordii.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Purple-backed Sunbeam
Aglaeactis aliciae
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Purple-backed Thornbill
Ramphomicron microrhynchum
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Purple-bibbed Whitetip
Urosticte benjamini
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Purple-chested Hummingbird
Polyerata rosenbergi
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Purple-collared Woodstar
Myrtis fanny
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Purple-crowned Fairy
Heliothryx barroti
- 14 × 9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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Mexico: MexicoCentral America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- body size: Wikipedia: Purple-crowned fairy (9-13 cm incl. long tail, c. 5.5 g).
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Purple-crowned Plovercrest
Stephanoxis loddigesii
- 13.5 × 8.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Stephanoxis lalandi.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Purple-throated Carib
Eulampis jugularis
- 14.6 × 9.5 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Eulampis holosericeus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Purple-throated Mountaingem
Lampornis calolaemus
- 15 × 10.2 mm (approx.)
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 89.
- 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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Purple-throated Sunangel
Heliangelus viola
- 14.2 × 8.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Heliangelus exortis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Purple-throated Woodstar
Philodice mitchellii
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Racket-tipped Thorntail
Discosura longicaudus
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Rainbow Starfrontlet
Coeligena iris
- 16.1 × 9.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Coeligena torquata.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Rainbow-bearded Thornbill
Chalcostigma herrani
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Red-billed Emerald
Chlorostilbon gibsoni
- 12.3 × 7.1 mm (approx.)
Plain white, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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Red-billed Streamertail
Trochilus polytmus
- 13.3 × 9.1 mm (approx.)
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 89.
- 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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Red-tailed Comet
Sappho sparganurus
- 14.2 × 9.3 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 20 eggs: de la Peña, M. R. 2025. Aves Argentinas: descripción, comportamiento, reproducción y distribución. Comunicaciones del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino" (Nueva Serie). Santa Fe., tomo 3, p. 85.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Reddish Hermit
Phaethornis ruber
- 11.67 × 8.67 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, VenezuelaWhite, unmarked and lustreless; long elliptical.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oniki & Willis 1983, A study of breeding birds of the Belém area, Brazil: II. Psittacidae to Trochilidae, Ciência e Cultura 35(7): 956–964, p. 960.
- Description
- Penard, F. P. & A. P. Penard 1910. De vogels van Guyana (Suriname, Cayenne en Demerara), deel 2. Paramaribo., p. 118.
- 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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Rivoli's Hummingbird
Eugenes fulgens
- 15.4 × 10 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
White, smooth-surfaced, tiny oval eggs.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 48 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176, 1940), p. 322.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Rivoli's Hummingbird, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Rivoli's Hummingbird, 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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Royal Sunangel
Heliangelus regalis
- 14.2 × 8.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Heliangelus exortis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
- 12.9 × 8.5 mm
- Clutch: 1–3 eggs
Tiny, white.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 52 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176, 1940), p. 339.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Alberta Museum). - 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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Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
Chrysolampis mosquitus
- 14.9 × 9.8 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 1 egg
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Central America: PanamaThe Caribbean: Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
White, unmarked, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., p. 255.
- Description
- Hellebrekers 1942, Zoologische Mededelingen 24 (Penard egg collection, Suriname).
- 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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Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
- 13.1 × 8.8 mm
- Clutch: 2–3 eggs
Tiny, white (about a half-inch long).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 53 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176, 1940), p. 400.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Rufous Hummingbird, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Alberta Museum). - 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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Rufous Sabrewing
Pampa rufa
- 15.29 × 9.95 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 2 eggs
White, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Arizmendi et al. 2013, Neotropical Birds Online, Rufous Sabrewing.
- Description
- Arizmendi, Rodriguez-Flores, Soberanes-Gonzalez & Schulenberg 2013, Rufous Sabrewing (Campylopterus rufus), Neotropical Birds Online v1.0 (historic), Breeding.
- 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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Rufous-breasted Hermit
Glaucis hirsutus
- 15.2 × 9.5 mm (approx.)
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Central America: PanamaThe Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean islands
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Plain white, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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Rufous-breasted Sabrewing
Campylopterus hyperythrus
- 15.5 × 11.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Campylopterus hemileucurus, Campylopterus largipennis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Rufous-capped Thornbill
Chalcostigma ruficeps
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Wikipedia, 'Rufous-capped thornbill' (summarising Birds of the World account), accessed 2026-10.
- 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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Rufous-crested Coquette
Lophornis delattrei
- 11.4 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Lophornis gouldii, Lophornis ornatus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Rufous-gaped Hillstar
Urochroa bougueri
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Rufous-shafted Woodstar
Chaetocercus jourdanii
- 12.4 × 7.6 mm (approx.)
Plain white, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Amazilia tzacatl
- 14 × 8.8 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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Mexico: MexicoCentral America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Pure white, unmarked, without gloss; long elliptical (oblong to oblong-ovate).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 6 eggs: Skutch, A. F. 1945. Incubation and nestling periods of Central American birds. Auk 62: 8-37., p. 16.
Agrees with: Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá. Part 2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 335 (page number inferred from scan position); Skutch, A. F. 1931. The life history of Rieffer's Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl tzacatl) in Panama and Honduras. Auk 48: 481-500., p. 485 (footnote; measurements in inches, OCR partly illegible). - Description
- Skutch, A. F. 1931. The life history of Rieffer's Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl tzacatl) in Panama and Honduras. Auk 48: 481-500., p. 485.
Agrees with: Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá. Part 2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 335 (inferred). - 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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Rufous-throated Sapphire
Hylocharis sapphirina
- 14.8 × 9 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
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South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, VenezuelaPlain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 2 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 673.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Rufous-vented Whitetip
Urosticte ruficrissa
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Rufous-webbed Brilliant
Heliodoxa branickii
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Santa Marta Blossomcrown
Anthocephala floriceps
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Santa Marta Sabrewing
Campylopterus phainopeplus
- 15.5 × 11.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Campylopterus hemileucurus, Campylopterus largipennis.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Santa Marta Woodstar
Chaetocercus astreans
- 12.4 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chaetocercus bombus, Chaetocercus heliodor, Chaetocercus jourdanii.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird
Chrysuronia lilliae
- 13.2 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found a description of this egg (a source we checked reports it as undescribed), so we estimated its colours and markings and its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chrysuronia brevirostris, Chrysuronia leucogaster, Chrysuronia versicolor.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Sapphire-spangled Emerald
Chionomesa lactea
- 13.5 × 8 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Ihering 1900, Catalogo critico-comparativo dos ninhos e ovos das aves do Brasil, Rev. Mus. Paulista 4; as cited in Oniki, Antunes & Willis 2000, Iheringia Sér. Zool. 89: 177-182.
- Description
- Oniki, Antunes & Willis 2000, Behavior at a nest of Amazilia lactea (Aves, Trochilidae). Iheringia Sér. Zool. 89: 177-182.
- 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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Sapphire-throated Hummingbird
Chrysuronia coeruleogularis
- 13.2 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
White, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chrysuronia brevirostris, Chrysuronia leucogaster, Chrysuronia versicolor.
- Description
- Wetmore, A. (1968). The Birds of the Republic of Panama, part 2. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 150.
- 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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Sapphire-vented Puffleg
Eriocnemis luciani
- 13 × 8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Eriocnemis cupreoventris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Saw-billed Hermit
Ramphodon naevius
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Scale-throated Hermit
Phaethornis eurynome
- 14.5 × 8.6 mm (approx.)
White, unmarked, glossless; incubated eggs stained carmine-red by the lichen in the nest.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 83; supporting: Nehrkorn 1899 (Katalog der Eiersammlung).
- 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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Scaled Metaltail
Metallura aeneocauda
- 12.7 × 8.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Metallura tyrianthina.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Phaeochroa cuvierii
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- body size: Wikipedia: Scaly-breasted hummingbird (11.5-13 cm, 8-10 g).
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Scintillant Hummingbird
Selasphorus scintilla
- 10.9 × 7.6 mm (approx.)
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 94.
- 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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Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
Hylonympha macrocerca
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Shining Sunbeam
Aglaeactis cupripennis
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Schuchmann & Boesman 2020, Shining Sunbeam, Birds of the World (Cornell Lab), doi:10.2173/bow.shisun1.01 (quoted on Wikipedia 'Shining sunbeam').
- 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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Shining-green Hummingbird
Chrysuronia goudoti
- 13.2 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chrysuronia brevirostris, Chrysuronia leucogaster, Chrysuronia versicolor.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Short-crested Coquette
Lophornis brachylophus
- 11.4 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Lophornis gouldii, Lophornis ornatus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Short-tailed Emerald
Chlorostilbon poortmani
- 12.3 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chlorostilbon gibsoni, Chlorostilbon lucidus, Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus, Chlorostilbon mellisugus, Chlorostilbon stenurus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Short-tailed Woodstar
Myrmia micrura
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Slender Sheartail
Doricha enicura
- 12.2 × 7.6 mm (approx.)
Plain white, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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Slender-tailed Woodstar
Microstilbon burmeisteri
- 10 × 7.4 mm (approx.)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- de la Peña, M. R. 2025. Aves Argentinas: descripción, comportamiento, reproducción y distribución. Comunicaciones del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino" (Nueva Serie). Santa Fe., tomo 3, p. 109.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Snowcap
Microchera albocoronata
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Snowy-bellied Hummingbird
Saucerottia edward
- 14.4 × 9.1 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Saucerottia cyanocephala, Saucerottia saucerottei, Saucerottia tobaci.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Sombre Hummingbird
Eupetomena cirrochloris
- 15.5 × 11 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Eupetomena macroura.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Sooty Barbthroat
Threnetes niger
- 14.2 × 9.2 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Threnetes leucurus, Threnetes ruckeri.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Sooty-capped Hermit
Phaethornis augusti
- 14 × 9.4 mm (approx.)
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 83.
- 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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Spangled Coquette
Lophornis stictolophus
- 11.4 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Lophornis gouldii, Lophornis ornatus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Sparkling Violetear
Colibri coruscans
- 14.9 × 10.3 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 4 eggs: Zerda-Ordóñez 1994, Universitas Scientiarum 2(1): 65-85.
- Description
- Musschenga, Juiña & Cadena-Ortiz 2022, Breeding biology of the Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans in Quito. Rev. Ecuat. Ornitol. 8: 51-66; secondary: Vásquez-Ávila 2023, Desarrollo de polluelos y comportamiento maternal del Orejivioleta Ventriazul Colibri coruscans. Rev. Ecuat. Ornitol. 9: 123-130; secondary: Zerda-Ordóñez 1994, Historia natural del tominejo, Colibrí coruscans coruscans. Universitas Scientiarum 2(1): 65-85.
- 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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Sparkling-tailed Woodstar
Tilmatura dupontii
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Speckled Hummingbird
Adelomyia melanogenys
- 12.7 × 7.6 mm (approx.)
Plain white, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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Spot-throated Hummingbird
Thaumasius taczanowskii
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Steely-vented Hummingbird
Saucerottia saucerottei
- 14.4 × 9 mm
White, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 6 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 675.
- Description
- Hauber, M. E. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Eggs. University of Chicago Press.
- 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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Straight-billed Hermit
Phaethornis bourcieri
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Streak-throated Hermit
Phaethornis rupurumii
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Stripe-breasted Starthroat
Heliomaster squamosus
- 14 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Heliomaster furcifer, Heliomaster longirostris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
Eupherusa eximia
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Stripe-throated Hermit
Phaethornis striigularis
- 11.7 × 7.5 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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Mexico: MexicoCentral America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Tiny, white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 4 eggs: Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá. Part 2. Columbidae (pigeons) to Picidae (woodpeckers). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 275 (printed page inferred from scan position, i.e. search-index leaf minus 12; read via archive.org page OCR).
- Description
- Wetmore, A. 1968. The Birds of the Republic of Panamá, pt 2. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 150(2) (P. longuemareus saturatus account).
- 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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Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
Eupetomena macroura
- 15.5 × 11 mm (approx.)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Ihering, H. von 1900. Catalogo critico-comparativo dos ninhos e ovos das aves do Brazil. Revista do Museu Paulista 4: 191-300., p. 270.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Sword-billed Hummingbird
Ensifera ensifera
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Talamanca Hummingbird
Eugenes spectabilis
- 15.4 × 10 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Eugenes fulgens.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Tapajos Hermit
Phaethornis aethopygus
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Tawny-bellied Hermit
Phaethornis syrmatophorus
- 14.09 × 9.53 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Pure white, unmarked, not glossy.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 2 eggs: Marin & Carrion 1994, Orn. Neotrop. 5.
- Description
- Marin & Carrion 1994, Orn. Neotrop. 5.
- 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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Tepui Goldenthroat
Polytmus milleri
- 12.7 × 8.6 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Polytmus guainumbi, Polytmus theresiae.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Tolima Blossomcrown
Anthocephala berlepschi
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Tooth-billed Hummingbird
Androdon aequatorialis
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Tourmaline Sunangel
Heliangelus exortis
- 14.2 × 8.8 mm (approx.)
Plain white, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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Tres Marias Hummingbird
Cynanthus lawrencei
- 12.6 × 8.5 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Cynanthus latirostris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Tufted Coquette
Lophornis ornatus
- 10.9 × 7.5 mm (approx.)
White, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., p. 255.
- Description
- Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zool. Meded. 24.
- 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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Tumbes Hummingbird
Thaumasius baeri
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird
Cynanthus doubledayi
- 12.6 × 8.5 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Cynanthus latirostris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Turquoise-throated PufflegExtinct
Eriocnemis godini
- 13 × 8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Eriocnemis cupreoventris.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Tyrian Metaltail
Metallura tyrianthina
- 12.7 × 8.4 mm (approx.)
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 92.
- 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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Velvet-browed Brilliant
Heliodoxa xanthogonys
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Velvet-purple Coronet
Boissonneaua jardini
- 15.1 × 9.5 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Boissonneaua flavescens.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Venezuelan Sylph
Aglaiocercus berlepschi
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Veraguan Mango
Anthracothorax veraguensis
- 14.7 × 9.7 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango, Anthracothorax nigricollis, Anthracothorax viridigula.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Versicolored Emerald
Chrysuronia versicolor
- 13.2 × 8.5 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 14 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 674.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Vervain Hummingbird
Mellisuga minima
- 10 × 6.5 mm (approx.)
White.
Sources of information
- Size
- Wikipedia: Vervain hummingbird (length); Estimated: width (not published).
- Description
- SaviMade's description of a typical egg.
- 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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Violet Sabrewing
Campylopterus hemileucurus
- 17.05 × 11.7 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Dull white without gloss; long elliptical.
Sources of information
- Size
- Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 287.
- Description
- Wetmore 1968, The Birds of the Republic of Panamá, Part 2 (Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 150).
- 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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Violet-bellied Hummingbird
Chlorestes julie
- 13 × 8 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 315.
- Description
- Wikipedia, 'Violet-bellied hummingbird' (summarising Birds of the World account), accessed 2026-10.
- 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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Violet-capped Hummingbird
Goldmania violiceps
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Violet-capped Woodnymph
Thalurania glaucopis
- 12.6 × 8.3 mm
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 14 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 672.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 86.
- 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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Violet-chested Hummingbird
Sternoclyta cyanopectus
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Ramosomyia violiceps
- 14 × 9 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
White.
Sources of information
- Size
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Violet-crowned Hummingbird, Life History.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Violet-crowned Hummingbird, 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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Violet-fronted Brilliant
Heliodoxa leadbeateri
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Violet-headed Hummingbird
Klais guimeti
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
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Central America: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, PanamaSouth America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Violet-tailed Sylph
Aglaiocercus coelestis
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Schuchmann & Boesman 2020, Violet-tailed Sylph, Birds of the World (Cornell Lab), doi:10.2173/bow.vitsyl1.01 (quoted on Wikipedia 'Violet-tailed sylph').
- 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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Violet-throated Metaltail
Metallura baroni
- 12.7 × 8.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Metallura tyrianthina.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Violet-throated Starfrontlet
Coeligena violifer
- 16.1 × 9.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found a description of this egg (a source we checked reports it as undescribed), so we estimated its colours and markings and its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Coeligena torquata.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Viridian Metaltail
Metallura williami
- 12.7 × 8.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Metallura tyrianthina.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Volcano Hummingbird
Selasphorus flammula
- 12.2 × 8.1 mm (approx.)
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 94.
- 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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Wedge-tailed Hillstar
Oreotrochilus adela
- 16.2 × 10.3 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Oreotrochilus estella, Oreotrochilus leucopleurus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Wedge-tailed Sabrewing
Pampa curvipennis
- 15.3 × 9.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Pampa rufa.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Western Emerald
Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
- 11.36 × 7.78 mm
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 2 eggs: Cueva et al. 2025, Rev. Ecuat. Ornitol. 11(1): 66-71.
- Description
- Cueva, Álvaro, Acosta-Luzuriaga & Pozo-Zamora 2025, Descripción del nido y huevos de la Esmeralda Occidental Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus. Rev. Ecuat. Ornitol. 11(1): 66-71.
- 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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White-bearded Helmetcrest
Oxypogon lindenii
- 15 × 10.2 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Oxypogon guerinii.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-bearded Hermit
Phaethornis hispidus
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-bellied Emerald
Chlorestes candida
- 13.5 × 8.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chlorestes cyanus, Chlorestes julie, Chlorestes notata.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-bellied Hummingbird
Elliotomyia chionogaster
- 13 × 8.5 mm (approx.)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- de la Peña, M. R. 2025. Aves Argentinas: descripción, comportamiento, reproducción y distribución. Comunicaciones del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino" (Nueva Serie). Santa Fe., tomo 3, p. 130.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-bellied Mountaingem
Lampornis hemileucus
- 14.6 × 9.7 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Lampornis amethystinus, Lampornis calolaemus, Lampornis castaneoventris, Lampornis clemenciae.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-bellied Woodstar
Chaetocercus mulsant
- 12.4 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Chaetocercus bombus, Chaetocercus heliodor, Chaetocercus jourdanii.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-booted Racket-tail
Ocreatus underwoodii
- 13.4 × 8.8 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 2 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 677.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-browed Hermit
Phaethornis stuarti
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-chested Emerald
Chrysuronia brevirostris
- 12 × 9 mm (approx.)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Penard, F. P. & A. P. Penard 1910. De vogels van Guyana (Suriname, Cayenne en Demerara), deel 2. Paramaribo., p. 121.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-chinned Sapphire
Chlorestes cyanus
- 13.5 × 8.8 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
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South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, VenezuelaPlain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 6 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 673.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-crested Coquette
Lophornis adorabilis
- 11.4 × 7.8 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Lophornis gouldii, Lophornis ornatus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-eared Hummingbird
Basilinna leucotis
- 12.4 × 7.6 mm (approx.)
Plain white, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
- 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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White-necked Jacobin
Florisuga mellivora
- 15 × 10 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 2 eggs
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Mexico: MexicoCentral America: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
White.
Sources of information
- Size
- Ruschi 1949 (Bol. Mus. Biol. Prof. Mello-Leitão, Biol. 6), quoted in Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá, part 2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 150(2)., p. 289.
- Description
- Pinto 1953, Sobre a coleção Carlos Estevão de peles, ninhos e ovos das aves de Belém (Pará), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 11(13): 113–224, p. 147.
- 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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White-sided Hillstar
Oreotrochilus leucopleurus
- 15.5 × 10 mm
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 4 eggs: de la Peña, M. R. 2025. Aves Argentinas: descripción, comportamiento, reproducción y distribución. Comunicaciones del Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Florentino Ameghino" (Nueva Serie). Santa Fe., tomo 3, p. 92.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 89.
- 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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White-tailed Emerald
Microchera chionura
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-tailed Goldenthroat
Polytmus guainumbi
- 13.3 × 8.6 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
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The Caribbean: Trinidad and TobagoSouth America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 8 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 673.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-tailed Hummingbird
Eupherusa poliocerca
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-tailed Sabrewing
Campylopterus ensipennis
- 15.5 × 11.1 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
- Clutch: 2 eggs
Plain white, unmarked.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Campylopterus hemileucurus, Campylopterus largipennis.
- Description
- Trinidad and Tobago Biodiversity (Govt. of T&T), ESS species page: Campylopterus ensipennis.
- 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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White-tailed Starfrontlet
Coeligena phalerata
- 16.1 × 9.9 mm (estimated)
- Speculative: we haven't found a description of this egg (a source we checked reports it as undescribed), so we estimated its colours and markings and its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Coeligena torquata.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-throated Daggerbill
Schistes albogularis
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-throated Hummingbird
Leucochloris albicollis
- 14.7 × 9.3 mm
Pure white, unmarked, elongated, without gloss.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 9 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 673.
- Description
- Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3), p. 89.
- 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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White-throated Mountaingem
Lampornis castaneoventris
- 14 × 9.3 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 2 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 675.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-tipped Sicklebill
Eutoxeres aquila
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-tufted Sunbeam
Aglaeactis castelnaudii
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-vented Plumeleteer
Chalybura buffonii
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-vented Violetear
Colibri serrirostris
- 13.9 × 9.2 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Colibri coruscans, Colibri delphinae, Colibri thalassinus.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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White-whiskered Hermit
Phaethornis yaruqui
- 14.2 × 9.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Phaethornis augusti, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis guy, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Wine-throated Hummingbird
Selasphorus ellioti
- 12.4 × 8.4 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same genus: Selasphorus calliope, Selasphorus flammula, Selasphorus platycercus, Selasphorus rufus, Selasphorus sasin ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Wire-crested Thorntail
Discosura popelairii
- 13.5 × 8.9 mm (estimated)
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet. Speculative: we haven't found documented measurements of this egg yet, so we estimated its size from related birds.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated, no measurements found: the median length and width of measured eggs of the same family: Adelomyia melanogenys, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia yucatanensis, Anthracothorax dominicus, Anthracothorax mango ….
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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Xantus's Hummingbird
Basilinna xantusii
- 12.3 × 8.4 mm
- Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Plain white, as in all hummingbird eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 26 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 11. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 672.
- Description
- Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London.
- 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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