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How many eggs do large parrots usually lay in a clutch?

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Illustration of a rock parakeet (Pyrrhura rupicola) perched on a branch, showing green plumage with scalloped markings, a patch of red on the wing, and a dark beak. — Psittaciform Black-capped parakeet (*Pyrrhura rupicola*).

Large parrots typically lay a clutch of only two eggs and produce one brood per year.1

In contrast, smaller species of psittaciforms are more prolific, often laying up to six, eight, or even nine eggs and breeding two or three times annually. Regardless of size, parrot eggs are generally white and nearly spherical in shape.1