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Component of avian reproduction
A bird egg is the reproductive structure produced by female birds, consisting of a hard, calcareous shell that encloses nutrient-dense yolk, protective
Bird_egg
Organic vessel in which an embryo first begins to develop
live-bearing mammals), and mollusks lay eggs, although some, such as scorpions, do not. Reptile eggs, bird eggs, and monotreme eggs are laid out of water and are
Egg
Branch of ornithology studying bird eggs, nests and breeding behavior
branch of ornithology studying bird eggs, nests and breeding behaviour. The word is derived from the Greek oion, meaning egg. Oology can also refer to the
Oology
1940 children's book by Dr. Seuss
tells the story of Horton the Elephant, who is tricked into sitting on a bird's egg while its mother, Mayzie, takes a permanent vacation to Palm Beach. Horton
Horton_Hatches_the_Egg
been verified. Ostrich eggs are the largest of any living bird, averaging 1.4 kg (3.1 lb). The largest wingspan of any extant bird is that of the wandering
List_of_largest_birds
Extinct order of birds
maximus is possibly the largest bird to have ever lived, with their eggs being the largest known for any amniote. Elephant birds were herbivores and major components
Elephant_bird
Warm-blooded animals with wings and feathers
Birds are vertebrate animals constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic
Bird
Edible animal product
People in Southeast Asia began harvesting chicken eggs for food around 1500 BCE. Eggs of other birds, such as ducks and ostriches, are eaten regularly
Eggs_as_food
Attack helicopter used in United States special operations
The Boeing MH-6M Little Bird (nicknamed the Killer Egg) and its attack variant, the AH-6, are light helicopters used for special operations in the United
MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird
MD_Helicopters_MH-6_Little_Bird
Protective exterior of an egg
tortoises lay hard or soft eggs. Several species lay eggs which are nearly indistinguishable from bird eggs.[citation needed] The bird egg is a fertilized gamete
Eggshell
Bird embryo eaten from egg shell
Balut can cause vomiting if not cooked correctly. A balut is a fertilized bird egg (usually a duck) that is incubated for a period of 14 to 21 days, depending
Balut_(food)
Largest type of egg from any living bird
The egg of the ostrich (genus Struthio) is the largest of any living bird (being exceeded in size by those of the extinct elephant bird genus Aepyornis
Ostrich_egg
Device to keep eggs warm
hatch bird and reptile eggs. It lets the fetus inside the egg grow without the mother needing to be present to provide the warmth. Chicken eggs are recorded
Incubator_(egg)
Grouping of eggs in a nest
clutch of eggs is the group of eggs produced by birds, amphibians, or reptiles, often at a single time, particularly those laid in a nest. In birds, destruction
Clutch_(eggs)
Traditional wild-harvested food
approximately twice the size of a chicken's egg. Egging is the prehistoric practice of foraging wild-bird eggs. Gull egging is practiced (to varying degrees) in
Gull_egg
English food manufacturer and chemist
Birmingham, Alfred Bird, experimental chemist. In 1837, Bird's first major invention was egg-free custard. Alfred Bird used cornflour instead of egg to create
Alfred_Bird
Series of bird's eggs from the UK
the eggs after Hewitt's death is unknown. The Metland Egg was the subject of a crime novel published in 2025. Before the collection of wild bird eggs became
Metland_Egg
1983 video game
Big Bird's Egg Catch is an educational video game for the Atari 2600 developed by Atari, Inc. and Children's Computer Workshop and published by Atari in
Big_Bird's_Egg_Catch
Process by which certain egg-laying animals hatch their eggs
Egg incubation is the process by which an egg, of oviparous (egg-laying) animals, develops an embryo within the egg, after the egg's formation and ovipositional
Egg_incubation
1979 Taiwanese film
Three Birds and Bird Eggs, but her elevated martial arts skills helps her defeat Bird Egg. Right after, Fei-fei confronts Lo at the Hundred Birds School
Dance_of_Death_(1979_film)
Concept in philosophy
and Guattari, a bird egg is an instance of life "before the formation of the strata", since changes in the qualitative elements of the egg will emerge as
Body_without_organs
Order of birds
two-branched feathers. Kiwi eggs are one of the largest in proportion to body size (up to 20% of the female's weight) of any order of bird in the world. Other
Kiwi_(bird)
Projection used by offspring to break out of egg while hatching
to penetrate the eggshell from inside and break free. Birds, reptiles, and monotremes possess egg teeth as hatchlings. Similar structures exist in eleutherodactyl
Egg_tooth
Vessel for dinosaur embryo development
mistaken for giant bird eggs (birds were not yet recognized as dinosaurs at the time). The first scientifically recognized non-avian dinosaur egg fossils were
Dinosaur_egg
Feeding strategy for many animals
including in fish, birds, snakes, mammals, and arthropods. Some species are specialist egg predators, but many more are generalists which take eggs when the opportunity
Egg_predation
Behavior observed in some species of birds
Egg tossing or egg destruction is a behavior observed in some species of birds where one individual removes an egg from the communal nest. This is related
Egg_tossing_(behavior)
Causality dilemma
their eggs. Since OC-17 is expressed by the hen, not the egg, the first bird with this protein would have hatched from a non-reinforced egg. That bird would
Chicken_or_the_egg
Rare food allergy caused by poultry meat
Wolfgang; Klug, Christoph; Swoboda, Ines (30 November 2018). "Update on the bird-egg syndrome and genuine poultry meat allergy". Allergo Journal International
Poultry_allergy
Aesop's fable
stories contain geese that lay golden eggs, though certain versions change them for hens or other birds that lay golden eggs. The tale has given rise to the
The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
The_Goose_that_Laid_the_Golden_Eggs
Family of birds
lay eggs that closely resemble the eggs of their chosen host. Some birds are able to distinguish cuckoo eggs from their own, leading to those eggs least
Cuckoo
1985 OVA film by Mamoru Oshii
between two nameless characters: a girl who protects an egg and a boy who has a dream about a bird. It was the first original project by Oshii and carries
Angel's_Egg
1989 nonfiction book by Clifford Stoll
(LBNL). Stoll's use of the term extended the metaphor cuckoo's egg from brood parasitism in birds to malware. Author Clifford Stoll, an astronomer by training
The_Cuckoo's_Egg_(book)
eaten by humans for thousands of years. Bird and reptile eggs consist of albumen (egg white) and vitellus (egg yolk), contained within many different thin
List_of_egg_dishes
Genus of birds
as the ñandú (/njænˈduː/ nyan-DOO) is a South American ratite (flightless bird without a keel on the sternum bone) of the order Rheiformes. Rheas are distantly
Rhea_(bird)
Unusual reddish pigmentation in animals
Timothy Tim Robert; R. Montgomerie (2018). "Rare red eggs of the Common Guillemot (Uria aalge): birds, biology and people at Bempton, Yorkshire, in the early
Erythrism
2016 book by Tim Birkhead
The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg is a popular science book by Tim Birkhead. It was first published in 2016, and was shortlisted
The_Most_Perfect_Thing
Female reproductive cell
contrast, bird eggs contain enough to supply the chick with nutriment throughout the whole period of incubation. In the oviparous animals (all birds, most
Egg_cell
Wildlife management method of population control
Goose egg addling is a wildlife management method of population control for Canada geese and other bird species. The process of addling involves temporarily
Goose_egg_addling
Food that involves the smoking of eggs
Smoked egg is a food that involves the smoking of bird eggs and fish eggs. Smoked eggs can be prepared with boiled eggs that are then smoked, or by smoking
Smoked_egg
Species of bird
which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of dunnocks, meadow pipits, and reed warblers. Although its eggs are larger than
Common_cuckoo
Picture of an egg posted on Instagram
the title "eggs isolated on white background". On 4 January 2019, the @world_record_egg account was created, and posted an image of a bird egg with the
Instagram_egg
2005 studio album by Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs is the third solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird, and his second album following
Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
Andrew_Bird_&_the_Mysterious_Production_of_Eggs
Domesticated birds kept by humans for their eggs, meat or feathers
Poultry (/ˈpoʊltri/) are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of harvesting animal products such as meat, eggs or feathers. The practice of raising
Poultry
Structure inside bird eggs and plant ovules
bird eggs and plant ovules. It attaches or suspends the yolk or nucellus within the larger structure. In the eggs of most birds (though not in eggs of
Chalaza
Membrane of avian eggshells
membrane is the clear film lining eggshells, visible when one peels a boiled bird egg. Chicken eggshell membranes are used as a dietary supplement. Eggshell
Eggshell_membrane
Extinct genus of birds
largest bird eggs known, considerably larger than ostrich eggs (the largest living bird eggs), though smaller than those produced by the elephant bird Aepyornis
Dinornis
Egg dish
water. Hard-boiled or hard-cooked eggs are cooked so that the egg white and egg yolk both solidify, while soft-boiled eggs may leave the yolk, and sometimes
Boiled_egg
Species of bird
quite oily, due to the birds' diet of fish. Eggs have also been harvested. Eggers from San Francisco took almost half a million eggs a year from the Farallon
Common_murre
video games were published and developed by NewKidCo. Big Bird's Egg Catch (originally Grover's Egg Catch) is a 1983 video game for the Atari 2600 developed
Sesame_Street_video_games
Thrush native to Europe, western Asia and North Africa
shell. Eggs of birds of the southern Indian races are paler than those from the northern subcontinent and Europe. The female incubates the eggs for 12–14
Common_blackbird
Finnish animated television series, 2013–2016
Birds franchise. The series follows the adventures of the birds as they struggle to guard their eggs against the pigs, who want to steal them for their king
Angry_Birds_Toons
2016 film by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly
other birds, but the pigs destroy the village and escape with the eggs. The entire bird community, devastated and disoriented by the theft of their eggs, turn
The_Angry_Birds_Movie
Boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat
Scotch eggs may also be called vogelnestje ("little bird's nest"), because they contain an egg. One 1880s Scottish recipe also calls them birds' nests
Scotch_egg
Place where a bird lays its eggs
A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young. Although the term popularly refers to a specific structure made
Bird_nest
Large flightless bird endemic to Australia
bird endemic to Australia, where it is the tallest native bird. It is the only extant member of the genus Dromaius and the third-tallest living bird after
Emu
Chinese preserved egg
Century eggs (Chinese: 皮蛋; pinyin: pídàn; Jyutping: pei4 daan2), (also called preserved egg or 100-year egg) also known as alkalized or preserved eggs, is
Century_egg
Type of egg produced from outdoor poultry
Free-range eggs are eggs produced from birds that may be permitted outdoors. The term "free-range" may be used differently depending on the country and
Free-range_eggs
Species of bird
alongside other migratory birds, including the threatened European turtle dove and European golden-plover. "Plover's eggs" were an expensive delicacy
Northern_lapwing
Extinct flightless seabird from the North Atlantic
from European museums and private collectors in obtaining skins and eggs of the bird. On 3 June 1844, the last two confirmed specimens were killed on Eldey
Great_auk
2011 British TV series or programme
the elephant bird is attributed to human activity. The birds were once widespread, but deforestation and the hunting of the bird's eggs led to the species'
Attenborough and the Giant Egg
Attenborough_and_the_Giant_Egg
2011 British TV series or programme
to Madagascar in 1961, Attenborough pieced together a complete elephant bird egg from fragments of shell collected for him. Madagascar was first announced
Madagascar_(TV_series)
Archaic wild-harvested food
every so often." Collecting wild bird eggs has generally been illegal in the UK since 1954 (although black-headed gull-egg collection is permitted under
Plover_eggs
Family of birds
Megapodes are superprecocial, hatching from their eggs in the most mature condition of any bird. They hatch with open eyes, bodily coordination and
Megapode
2013 mobile game
gameplay as Flappy Bird. An Easter egg in Android Lollipop (version 5.0/5.1) allows users to play a modified version of Flappy Bird, entitled "L Land"
Flappy_Bird
Food intended for consumption by wild and domestic birds
commercial bird food for chickens include chick starter medicated crumbles, chick grower crumbles, egg layer mash, egg layer pellet, egg layer crumbles, egg producer
Bird_food
Metaphor for brood parasitism
The term cuckoo's egg is a metaphor for brood parasitism, where a parasitic bird deposits its egg into a host's nest, which then incubates and feeds the
Cuckoo's_egg_(metaphor)
Behavioural disorder in birds
Chronic egg laying is a maladaptive, behavioural disorder commonly seen in pet birds which repeatedly lay clutches of infertile eggs in the absence of
Chronic_egg_laying
Family of birds
be heard at some distance. Some species vary their diet with fruits, birds' eggs, small animals, tree sap, human scraps, and carrion. They usually nest
Woodpecker
Family of birds
passerine birds" in Journal für Ornithologie 126:263–271. Hoyt, Donald F. (1979). "Practical Methods of estimating the Volume and Fresh Weight of Bird Eggs".
Bowerbird
Family of birds
Many species also opportunistically take larger prey, including birds and bird eggs, rodents, and more rarely carrion. Even more rarely, herons eating
Heron
Extinct species of bird
is an extinct large bird of prey endemic to Madagascar. It has been proposed that this bird, combined with elephant bird eggs, were the source of sightings
Malagasy_crowned_eagle
1953 book by Dr. Seuss
boy named Peter T. Hooper, who makes scrambled eggs prepared from eggs belonging to various exotic birds. It is the only children's book by Dr. Seuss to
Scrambled_Eggs_Super!
Viral disease of birds
Egg drop syndrome '76 (EDS '76) is a viral disease that affects birds, notably chickens, ducks, geese and swans. It is characterised by a sudden drop
Egg_drop_syndrome
Structure surrounding the surface of the plasma membrane of an ovum
radiata. Vitelline membrane in a bird egg (7) Vitelline membrane in an amphibian egg (2) Vitelline membrane in a fish egg (A) Formation of Fertilization
Vitelline_membrane
English ornithologist
1859) was an English naturalist best known for his large collection of bird eggs and studies on the dodo and great auk. Wolley was born at Matlock on 13
John_Wolley
Island in The Bahamas
travel here to collect the eggs; however, there are no chickens on Egg Island. Another theory is that local sea bird eggs were often collected here by
Egg_Island_(The_Bahamas)
Type of ritual art
goose eggs and miniature horse-shoes, made of iron or lead. The current world record of egg shoeing is 1119 shoes on a single ostrich egg. Any bird egg can
Egg_decorating
Domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl
meat and eggs, though they are also kept as pets. As of 2023, the global chicken population exceeded 26.5 billion, with more than 50 billion birds produced
Chicken
added Easter eggs into many of its products and services, such as Google Search, YouTube, and Android since the 2000s. Some easter eggs are created by
List_of_Google_Easter_eggs
advancement of the science of oology", the collection and study of intact birds' eggs. Established in 1922 as the British Oological Association, it changed
Jourdain_Society
Health problem in egg-laying animals
Egg binding occurs in animals, such as reptiles or birds, when an egg takes longer than usual to pass out of the reproductive tract. It could be considered
Egg_binding
Bird behaviour related to reproduction and early development
selection, nest building, egg laying, incubation, and parental care until the young become fledged. During this period, birds actively defend their territory
Breeding_behaviour_of_birds
approximately 60 extant species of flightless birds), are toothless, have beaked jaws, lay hard-shelled eggs, and have a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered
Glossary_of_bird_terms
2017 video game
eggs for yellow birds). Eggs can also be hatched at the Bird Town to obtain new characters, with a chance to collect characters from The Angry Birds Movie
Angry_Birds_Evolution
Hybrid chicken
usage, an Easter egger or Easter-egger is any hybrid or mixed-breed chicken resulting from the breeding of a bird carrying the blue egg (oocyan) gene with
Easter_egger
American breed of domestic chicken
brown Leghorn birds from Italy. It was a dual-purpose breed, raised both for meat and for eggs; modern strains have been bred for their egg-laying abilities
Rhode_Island_Red
Behavioral tendency to sit on a clutch of eggs to incubate them
with female birds, although males of some bird species become broody and some non-avian animals also show broodiness. In wild birds, egg incubation is
Broodiness
Parrot endemic to New Zealand
copulation for 40 minutes or more. Once the birds have mated, the female returns to her home territory to lay eggs and raise the chicks. The male continues
Kākāpō
Decorated egg for the celebration of Easter
resemble a bird's nest. While the practice of giving away easter eggs is, to this day, popular, it was briefly banned in 1916s Hungary in the Easter Egg Act
Easter_egg
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Bird or bird in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A bird is a feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate. Bird, BIRD, or the
Bird_(disambiguation)
Shorebird found in the Americas
seashell fragments. This bird lays a clutch of four to six buff to beige eggs with dark markings. The breeding season (starting with egg-laying) occurs from
Killdeer
Extinct genus of birds
centimetres (7.5–9.8 in). The egg is about 160 times greater volume than a chicken egg. The large size of elephant bird eggs means that they would have required
Aepyornis
Species of bird
Bird facts: House Sparrow". British Trust for Ornithology. Retrieved 24 November 2009. Paganelli, C. V.; Olszowka, A.; Ali, A. (1974). "The Avian Egg:
House_sparrow
Medioolithidae is an oofamily of bird eggs from the Eocene epoch. Their eggshell structure shows a mosaic of avian and non-avian theropod traits. Jackson
Medioolithidae
Winner of a traditional competition of Easter Island
was the chief god of the bird-man cult; the other three deities associated with it were Hawa-tuu-take-take (the Chief of the eggs, a male god), his wife
Tangata_manu
Natural history museum in Delaware
collection of seashells, birds and bird eggs. Even before getting a doctorate in natural science in 1965 and writing several books on birds, he became interested
Delaware Museum of Nature & Science
Delaware_Museum_of_Nature_&_Science
Korean red bean and rice porridge
with saeal-sim (새알심; literally "bird's egg", named as such due to its resemblance to small bird's eggs, possibly quail eggs), which are the small rice cake
Patjuk
Brand of imitation custard powder
Bird's Custard is the brand name for the original powdered, egg-free imitation custard powder, now owned by Premier Foods. Custard powder and instant
Bird's_Custard
Egg repair is the process of repairing the eggshell of a live egg, particularly for live birds as eggs may be damaged by parent birds with sharp claws
Egg_repair
Medium-sized black passerine bird native to eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island
includes a wide variety of berries and seeds, invertebrates, bird eggs, juvenile birds and young marsupials. It is a predator which has adapted well
Pied_currawong
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