Anthus rubescens
- 19.9 × 14.7 mm
- Clutch: 3–7 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States
Whitish with dense dark brown spotting.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 50 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 197, 1950), p. 27.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: American Pipit, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Wikimedia Commons 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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