Calcarius lapponicus
- 20.9 × 15.3 mm
- Clutch: 3–7 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States
Greenish gray to olive, heavily clouded and spotted with brown, with a few dark scrawls.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 50 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings, Towhees, Finches, Sparrows, and Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 237, Part 3, 1968), p. 1602.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Lapland Longspur, Life History. - Description
- Bent, Life Histories of North American Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings, Towhees, Finches, Sparrows, and Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 237, Part 3, 1968), p. 1602.
Drawing checked against a photo: Wikimedia Commons photo; Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Alberta Museum). - 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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