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Illustration of a Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) egg, 22.54 × 17.47 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Myiarchus crinitus

  • 22.54 × 17.47 mm
  • Clutch: 4–8 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States

Creamy white to pinkish buff splotched with brown, purple, or lavender.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 91 eggs: Bendire, Life Histories of North American Birds, Vol. 2 (1895), p. 262.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Great Crested Flycatcher, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Great Crested Flycatcher, 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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