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Illustration of a Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) egg, 52.2 × 36.5 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Pluvialis squatarola

  • 52.2 × 36.5 mm
  • Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Breeds in Canada and United States and Central America (7 countries)
show all 9Canada & United States: Canada, United States
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

Pinkish, greenish, or brownish, with distinct dark spots heaviest around large end.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 174 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 159.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black-bellied Plover, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black-bellied Plover, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Wikimedia Commons 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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