Limnodromus scolopaceus
- 41.8 × 28.9 mm
- Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States
Light olive-greenish or bluish with brown spotting, denser at the large end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 79 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 118.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Long-billed Dowitcher, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Flickr photo by Lisa Pirie; Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Alberta Museum); Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Birds of the World - Long-billed Dowitcher. - 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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