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Illustration of a Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) egg, 32 × 23 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Actitis macularius

  • 32 × 23 mm
  • Clutch: 3–5 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States

Off-white, pinkish, or pale green speckled with brown.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 88 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 83.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Spotted Sandpiper, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Spotted Sandpiper, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Wikimedia Commons 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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