Riparia riparia
- 17.9 × 12.7 mm
- Clutch: 3–5 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States, Mexico
White.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 50 eggs: Bent, A.C. 1942. Life histories of North American flycatchers, larks, swallows, and their allies. U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull. 179, scan p. 424 (printed c. p. 408).
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Bank Swallow, 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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