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Illustration of a Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) egg, 13.1 × 8.8 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Selasphorus rufus

  • 13.1 × 8.8 mm
  • Clutch: 2–3 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States

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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