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Illustration of a Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) egg, 59.6 × 39.5 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Cepphus grylle

  • 59.6 × 39.5 mm
  • Clutch: 1–2 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States

Dull white to pale green, boldly marked with dark spots and blotches.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 53 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Diving Birds (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 107, 1919), p. 163.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black Guillemot, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Wikimedia Commons photo; Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Alberta Museum).
Clutch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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