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Illustration of a Ridgway's Rail (Rallus obsoletus) egg, 44.1 × 31.3 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Rallus obsoletus

  • 44.1 × 31.3 mm
  • Clutch: 3–14 eggs
Breeds in United States, Mexico

Creamy white to buff with brown to lilac blotches.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 57 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 135, 1927), p. 269.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Ridgway's Rail, 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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