Histrionicus histrionicus
- 57.5 × 41.5 mm
- Clutch: 4–8 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States
Pale creamy to pale buff.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 90 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 130, 1925), p. 52.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Harlequin Duck, 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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