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Illustration of a Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) egg, 13.3 × 10.4 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Regulus satrapa

  • 13.3 × 10.4 mm
  • Clutch: 3–11 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States, Mexico, Guatemala

White or creamy, speckled with pale brown and lilac.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 50 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Thrushes, Kinglets, and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 196, 1949), p. 388.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Golden-crowned Kinglet, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Golden-crowned Kinglet, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Ontario 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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