Lophodytes cucullatus
- 53.5 × 44.9 mm
- Clutch: 5–13 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States
White, nearly spherical, and unusually thick shelled.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 116 eggs: Bent, A. C. 1923. Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl (part 1). U.S. National Museum Bulletin 126, scan p. 45.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Hooded Merganser, 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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