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The kiwi lays the largest egg in proportion to its body. The kiwi's egg is six times larger than the egg of an equivalent sized bird. This is because the egg has an incubation period of 70-80 days, and the chick is mature and fully developed when it hatches.
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Which bird lays the largest eggs in proportion to its size kiwi kookaburra or a budgerigar?
kiwi
What is the bird that can lay an very big egg?
The largest bird is the ostrich, whose eggs weigh more than three pounds. However, in proportion to its size, the kiwi bird lays the biggest eggs for its body size. The kiwi is about the size of a chicken and its egg is almost as big as the egg of an emu, a much larger bird than the kiwi.
Which animal represents New Zealand?
The Kiwi Bird: A small chicken size bird which has a long beak and lays the largest egg to body size ratio in the world.
What is the term for the number of eggs that a female bird lays?
Clutch size.
What is the largest egg laying animal?
ostrich in general but compared to body size kiwi lays the largest egg. octopus is the largest sea animal that lays the largest egg.
Which bird has the biggest egg in proportion to their body?
An Ostrich. Im not saying an ostrich is dumb it just lays a really big egg i mean a REALLY big egg Most birds lay eggs bigger than their brains; compare the size of a chicken egg with the head of a chicken. The bird that lays the largest egg in comparison to it's body size is the Kiwi of New Zealand.
Which wild bird lays the largest clutch off eggs?
Ostrich The egg is about 8 in tall and weighs 3 lb
Which bird lays the second largest egg in the world?
Dromiceiidae: The Emu. Emu and cassowary eggs both vie for the title of the second largest egg, second only to the ostrich. Emu and cassowary eggs are basically the same size.
What bird is brown and lays an egg the size of a jelly bean With black spots and the egg is white?
Hummingbird
What type of humming bird lay the smallest bird egg?
the humming bird its egg is the size of a jelly bean
Which bird lays the smallest eggs for its size?
either The ruby throated hummingbird or vervain hummingbird (Mellisuga minima)
What is the largest bird in Europe?
The Mute Swan, including size and wingspan.
