Largest Egg - living = Ostrich
Largest Egg - ever = Elephant Bird Aepyornis maximus From Madagascar 39cm/15.4in long = 12 litres/2.6 gallons, 220 chicken eggs
Smallest Egg - living = Vervain Humming bird Mellisuga minima = the size of pea
Largest individual nest = Mallee Fowl Australia Leipoa ocellata builds a mound 5 m (16.5ft) high and 11 metres (36ft) wide.
Smallest nest - many seabirds do not make a nest at all, nest on ground or in case of fairy tern on a branch of a tree otherwise the award goes to the hummingbirds for their thimble sized (1cm squared) nests.
Largest Egg - ever = Elephant Bird Aepyornis maximus From Madagascar 39cm/15.4in long = 12 litres/2.6 gallons, 220 chicken eggs
Smallest Egg - living = Vervain Humming bird Mellisuga minima = the size of pea
Largest individual nest = Mallee Fowl Australia Leipoa ocellata builds a mound 5 m (16.5ft) high and 11 metres (36ft) wide.
Smallest nest - many seabirds do not make a nest at all, nest on ground or in case of fairy tern on a branch of a tree otherwise the award goes to the hummingbirds for their thimble sized (1cm squared) nests.
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