Stercorarius pomarinus
- 62 × 44 mm
- Clutch: 1–2 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States
Brown to dark olive-buff, spotted with brown and gray.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 49 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Gulls and Terns (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 113, 1921), p. 9.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Pomarine Jaeger, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Pomarine Jaeger, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (University of Saskatchewan Department of Biology Natural History Collection). - 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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