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Illustration of a Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) egg, 64.5 × 45 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Mergus serrator

  • 64.5 × 45 mm
  • Clutch: 3–24 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States

Olive-buff.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 85 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 126, 1923), p. 16.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Red-breasted Merganser, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Red-breasted Merganser, 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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