Melanitta americana
- 61.9 × 41.7 mm
- Clutch: 8–9 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States
Off-white to pinkish buff.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 58 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 130, 1925), p. 121.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black Scoter, Life History.
- 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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