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Illustration of a Common Loon (Gavia immer) egg, 88.9 × 56.2 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Gavia immer

  • 88.9 × 56.2 mm
  • Clutch: 1–2 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States

Brown with dark splotches.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 41 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Diving Birds (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 107, 1919), p. 50.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Common Loon, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Common Loon, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Wikimedia Commons 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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