Recurvirostra americana
- 49.8 × 34 mm
- Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States, Mexico
Greenish brown with irregular dark spots. Pointed on one end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 55 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 39.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: American Avocet, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: American Avocet, 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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