Mergus merganser
- 64.3 × 44.9 mm
- Clutch: 6–17 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States
White, creamy, or ivory yellow.
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. 5.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Common Merganser, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Common Merganser, Life History.
Drawing checked against a 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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