Calcarius pictus
- 21 × 15 mm
- Clutch: 1–6 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States
Light gray-brown or pale green, with dark lines, dots, and blotches of lavender or purplish-brown.
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. 1630.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Smith's Longspur, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Alberta 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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