Eggs

Eudromias morinellus

• 40.19 × 26.58 mm

Light to darker clay-brown, often olive-grey or olive-brown, with large rounded black blotches scattered irregularly over the whole egg, some merging; faint or no under-marks.

Sources of information

Size

Average of 2 eggs: Stoddard, M. C., et al. 2017. Avian egg shape: form, function, and evolution. Science 356: 1249-1254 (Data S1, MVZ egg collection).

Description

Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 06. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., pdf p. 63.

Shape

Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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