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Illustration of a Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) egg, 30.4 × 22.3 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Charadrius nivosus

  • 30.4 × 22.3 mm
  • Clutch: 2–6 eggs
Breeds in Canada and United States, Mexico, the Caribbean and South America (5 countries)
show all 11Canada & United States: Canada, United States
Mexico: Mexico
The Caribbean: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Caribbean islands
South America: Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Buffy background, lightly to moderately covered with small spots and scrawls.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 51 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 248.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Snowy Plover, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Snowy Plover, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (University of Saskatchewan Department of Biology Natural History Collection).
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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