Which bird lays the largest egg?
Quick Answer
The ostrich lays the largest egg of any living bird, weighing about 1.5 kilograms, though the extinct elephant bird laid far bigger ones.
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The ostrich, the largest living bird, lays the biggest egg of any bird alive today, weighing around 1.4 to 1.5 kilograms, roughly the equivalent of two dozen chicken eggs. The shell is thick and strong enough to support the weight of an adult person. Despite their size, ostrich eggs are actually the smallest of all eggs relative to the size of the parent bird. The extinct elephant bird of Madagascar laid the largest eggs ever known, some over 30 centimetres long and holding several litres. Egg size generally scales with the size of the bird.
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