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Illustration of an Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) egg, 16.2 × 12.7 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Leiothlypis celata

  • 16.2 × 12.7 mm
  • Clutch: 3–6 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States, Mexico

White to cream-colored, finely speckled with reddish-brown or chestnut.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 50 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 203, 1953), p. 91.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Orange-crowned Warbler, Life History.
Drawing checked against a 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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