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Illustration of a Mexican Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus arizonae) egg, 28.8 × 20.8 mm
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Antrostomus arizonae

  • 28.8 × 20.8 mm
  • Clutch: 2 eggs
Breeds in United States, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras

Nearly all white.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 29 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cuckoos, Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 176, 1940), p. 186.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Mexican Whip-poor-will, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Mexican Whip-poor-will, 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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