Elephant bird, ostrich, and hummingbird eggs (IMAGE)

American Museum of Natural History

Elephant bird, ostrich, and hummingbird eggs

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Eggs from the American Museum of Natural History's Ornithology Collection of an elephant bird (back), an ostrich (front right), and a hummingbird (front left, in box). Elephant birds are thought to have gone extinct about 1,000 years ago in Madagascar and could grow more than nine feet fall and weigh more than 2,000 pounds. The elephant bird egg shown here (Aepyornis maximus) is seven times larger than the egg of an ostrich, which is the largest living bird.

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Lisa Rifkind / ©AMNH

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