EGG-EATING BIRDS

Eggs of all sorts are a major source of nutrition for many birds, though no birds are exclusively egg-eaters.

American Dipper

with salmonid egg in bill

American Dipper      Cinclus mexicanus

Canada; British Columbia, Victoria

Boat-tailed Grackle

female eating horsehoe crab eggs on horseshoe crab

Boat-tailed Grackle      Quiscalus major

USA; New Jersey, Delaware Bay

Hood Mockingbird

turtle egg in bill

Hood Mockingbird      Nesomimus macdonaldi

Laughing Gull

eating horseshoe crab eggs, big clump in mouth

Laughing Gull      Leucophaeus atricilla

USA; New Jersey, Delaware Bay

Laysan Finch

cracking open petrel egg

Laysan Finch      Telespiza cantans

Hawaii, Laysan Is.

Semipalmated Sandpiper

horseshoe crab egg in bill

Semipalmated Sandpiper      Calidris pusilla

USA; New Jersey, Delaware Bay

Shorebird sp.

feeding on horseshoe crab eggs, red knot, Short-billed Dowitcher, Dunlin, Laughing Gull

Shorebird sp.      Scolopacid sp.

USA; New Jersey, Delaware Bay

Snowy Sheathbill

eating King Penguin egg among penguins

Snowy Sheathbill      Chionis alba

South Georgia Island, Gold Harbor