Oenanthe oenanthe
- 21.2 × 15.9 mm
- Clutch: 3–8 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States
Egg color ranges from white to pale blue to blue green, sometimes with a few reddish-brown marks.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 100 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Thrushes, Kinglets, and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 196, 1949), p. 293.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Northern Wheatear, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Wikimedia Commons 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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