Read on for more detail about the five birds that lay their eggs in other birds’ nests that we have chosen to highlight: The brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) is a small brood parasitic bird ...

The North Island brown kiwi is a flightless, nocturnal bird that lays the biggest egg relative to its body size. Marilyn Foehrenbach Q: I’ve read that ostriches lay the biggest eggs. But what ...

That would be the egg of an Allen’s hummingbird. This tiny bird lays tiny eggs and lives in tiny nests. We are fortunate enough to get to see an Allen’s hummingbird lay an egg in its nest in a ...