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Illustration of a Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) egg, 17 × 12.7 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Setophaga virens

  • 17 × 12.7 mm
  • Clutch: 3–5 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States

Whitish with variable brown blotches or speckles.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 50 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 203, 1953), p. 296.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black-throated Green Warbler, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black-throated Green Warbler, 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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