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Illustration of a Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) egg, 65 × 45.8 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Numenius americanus

  • 65 × 45.8 mm
  • Clutch: 4 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States

Creamy-brown to greenish with greenish-brown or purplish-gray markings.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 68 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 101.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Long-billed Curlew, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Long-billed Curlew, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Flickr photo by USFWS Mountain-Prairie; 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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