According to The Sill's plant expert Paris Lalicata, the name comes from the plant’s “new growth resembling small bird eggs ...

Q. I saw a photo of different kinds of bird eggs and noted not only the obvious, that smaller birds lay smaller eggs, but also that some bird eggs are elongate whereas others are more rounded.

A collared falconet at Paradise Park Wildlife Sanctuary has laid eggs One of the world's smallest ... The collared falconet is also known to feed on small birds.

But one sample – that of the Tinamou bird of Uruguay - has been discovered ... for damage caused to the heavily cracked egg after packing it in too small a box during or following his famous ...