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Illustration of a Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) egg, 32 × 24.5 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Rallus limicola

  • 32 × 24.5 mm
  • Clutch: 4–13 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

White or buff with sparse irregular gray or brown spotting.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 73 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 135, 1927), p. 294.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Virginia Rail, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Virginia Rail, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Saskatchewan 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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