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Illustration of a Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) egg, 46.6 × 33.4 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Spatula discors

  • 46.6 × 33.4 mm
  • Clutch: 6–14 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States

Creamy white.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 93 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 126, 1923), p. 114.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Blue-winged Teal, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Blue-winged Teal, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Saskatchewan 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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