50 eggs at true relative size, from the 29 mm egg of the Red-necked Phalarope to the 65 mm egg of the Long-billed Curlew.
About this collection. These eggs cover most of the birds that nest in Canada and the United States, plus a few famous eggs from elsewhere, like the Ostrich and the extinct Elephant Bird. It isn’t every bird in the world yet; we’ll update this note as the collection grows.
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
- 49.8 × 34 mm
- Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Greenish brown with irregular dark spots. Pointed on one end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 55 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 39.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: American Avocet, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: American Avocet, Life History.
- 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).
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
- 47.5 × 32.5 mm
- Clutch: 3–5 eggs
White to buff, heavily spotted and splotched with dark brown and black.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 143 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 180.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: American Golden-Plover, Life History.
- 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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American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
- 55.7 × 38.7 mm
- Clutch: 2–4 eggs
Buffy gray with dark brown speckling.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 56 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 312.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: American Oystercatcher, Life History.
- 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).
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
- 38 × 29 mm
- Clutch: 1–5 eggs
Grayish orange with splotches of brown, violet-gray or blue-gray.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 53 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 67.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: American Woodcock, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: American Woodcock, Life History.
- 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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Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
- 33.1 × 23.8 mm
Pale gray to brownish tan to reddish to deep olive, with extensive dark blotching.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 54 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 196.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Baird's Sandpiper, Life History.
- 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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Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
- 55.3 × 38.2 mm
- Clutch: 2–5 eggs
Greenish, usually with some brownish markings.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 80 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 291.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Bar-tailed Godwit, Life History.
- 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).
Black Oystercatcher
Haematopus bachmani
- 56.2 × 39.5 mm
- Clutch: 1–4 eggs
Creamy buff to olive buff, spotted or scrawled with dark blotches.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 44 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 321.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black Oystercatcher, Life History.
- 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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Black Turnstone
Arenaria melanocephala
- 40.9 × 28.8 mm
Olive with pale brownish speckling.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 130 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 300.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black Turnstone, Life History.
- Shape
- Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
- 52.2 × 36.5 mm
- Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Pinkish, greenish, or brownish, with distinct dark spots heaviest around large end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 174 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 159.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black-bellied Plover, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black-bellied Plover, Life History.
- 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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Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
- 44 × 30.5 mm
- Clutch: 2–5 eggs
Tawny olive to light drab with dark brown speckling.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 75 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 50.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black-necked Stilt, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black-necked Stilt, Life History.
- 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).
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Numenius tahitiensis
- 58 × 41 mm (approx.)
- Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Buffy brown with large brown splotches.
Sources of information
- Size
- Estimated: no published average found, so this is drawn about Whimbrel-sized.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Bristle-thighed Curlew, Life History.
- 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).
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollis
- 37 × 26 mm
- Clutch: 2–5 eggs
Dull white, buff, or olive-buff heavily blotched with darker brown.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 62 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 72.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Life History.
- 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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Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
- 35.9 × 25.9 mm (approx.)
Stone colour to ochreous or clay yellow, spotted rather sparingly with brownish black, sometimes with larger blotches.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 100 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 231.
- Description
- Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 231.
- 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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Dunlin
Calidris alpina
- 36.3 × 25.3 mm
- Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Olive, brown, buff, or blue-green, splotched with light brown to orange-brown.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 145 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 224.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Dunlin, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Dunlin, Life History.
- 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).
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
- 48.9 × 33 mm
- Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Gray to brown with dark markings.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 51 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 325.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Greater Yellowlegs, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Greater Yellowlegs, Life History.
- 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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Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
- 55.2 × 38.1 mm
- Clutch: 2–4 eggs
Olive gray, pearl gray, buffy olive, or greenish, with dark speckling.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 27 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 296.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Hudsonian Godwit, Life History.
- 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).
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
- 36.3 × 26.6 mm
- Clutch: 4–6 eggs
Buff-colored, heavily marked with blackish-brown.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 92 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 207.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Killdeer, Life History.
- 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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Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
- 29 × 21 mm
- Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Pale yellowish-brown, with brown spots or blotches.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 65 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 204.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Least Sandpiper, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Least Sandpiper, Life History.
- 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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Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
- 42 × 28.9 mm
- Clutch: 3–5 eggs
Gray with brown markings.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 51 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 338.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Lesser Yellowlegs, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Lesser Yellowlegs, Life History.
- 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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Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
- 65 × 45.8 mm
- Clutch: 4 eggs
Creamy-brown to greenish with greenish-brown or purplish-gray markings.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 68 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 101.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Long-billed Curlew, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Long-billed Curlew, Life History.
- 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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Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
- 41.8 × 28.9 mm
- Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Light olive-greenish or bluish with brown spotting, denser at the large end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 79 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 118.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Long-billed Dowitcher, Life History.
- 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).
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa
- 57 × 39.6 mm
- Clutch: 3–5 eggs
Pale buff or olive with small dark brown spots and scrawls.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 64 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 281.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Marbled Godwit, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Marbled Godwit, Life History.
- 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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Mountain Plover
Charadrius montanus
- 37.3 × 28.3 mm
- Clutch: 1–4 eggs
Olive-buff, heavily marked with black spots and scrawls.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 58 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 265.
- Description
- Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 265.
- Shape
- Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
- 48 × 33.2 mm
- Clutch: 4 eggs
White to buff, heavily spotted and splotched with dark brown and black.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 34 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 196.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Pacific Golden-Plover, Life History.
- 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).
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
- 36.5 × 25 mm
Dull white, cream, buff, or olive, marked with brown, purple, and gray.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 116 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 173.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Pectoral Sandpiper, Life History.
- 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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Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
- 31.4 × 24.2 mm
Creamy with fine brownish black splotches.
Sources of information
- Size
- Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 239.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Piping Plover, Life History.
- 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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Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
- 37.3 × 26.5 mm
- Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Beige to olive, with variable spotting.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 100 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 148.
Agrees with: Witherby, A Practical Handbook of British Birds (1920): 100 eggs average 37.26 × 26.75 mm. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Purple Sandpiper, Life History.
- 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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Red Knot
Calidris canutus
- 43.1 × 29.6 mm
- Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Faint olive to deep olive-buff with dark markings, denser at large end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 42 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 137.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Red Knot, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Red Knot, Life History.
- 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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Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
- 31.5 × 22 mm
- Clutch: 1–4 eggs
Olive-buff to green, speckled with black, brown, and pale purple.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 148 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 7.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Red Phalarope, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Red Phalarope, Life History.
- 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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Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
- 29 × 20 mm
- Clutch: 2–6 eggs
Olive to green speckled with black, brown, and pale purple.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 119 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 19.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Red-necked Phalarope, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Red-necked Phalarope, Life History.
- 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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Rock Sandpiper
Calidris ptilocnemis
- 38 × 26.6 mm
Light grayish olive with brownish splotches.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 50 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 162.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Rock Sandpiper, Life History.
- Shape
- Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
- 40.5 × 29.2 mm
- Clutch: 2–5 eggs
Olive-green or buff speckled with brown.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 100 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 284.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Ruddy Turnstone, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Ruddy Turnstone, Life History.
- 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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Sanderling
Calidris alba
- 35.7 × 24.7 mm
- Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Dull green to olive-brown or greenish-blue, marked with brown spots and blackish streaks.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 41 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 269.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Sanderling, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Sanderling, Life History.
- 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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Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
- 33 × 23.5 mm
- Clutch: 2–5 eggs
Light brown to pale olive buff, blotched with black, dark brown, sepia, and gray.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 100 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 219.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Semipalmated Plover, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Semipalmated Plover, Life History.
- 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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Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
- 30.2 × 21.2 mm
- Clutch: 4 eggs
White, buff, or olive, marked with hazel, cinnamon, or chestnut brown.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 52 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 247.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Life History.
- 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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Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
- 40.8 × 29.2 mm
- Clutch: 4 eggs
Light greenish-brown or olive green with brown spotting of various intensity, always denser at the large end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 18 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 110.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Short-billed Dowitcher, Life History.
- 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).
Snowy Plover
Charadrius nivosus
- 30.4 × 22.3 mm
- Clutch: 2–6 eggs
Buffy background, lightly to moderately covered with small spots and scrawls.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 51 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 248.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Snowy Plover, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Snowy Plover, Life History.
- 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).
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
- 36 × 25.5 mm
- Clutch: 3–5 eggs
Pale greenish or buff, boldly blotched with dark brown, heaviest at the large end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 68 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 4.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Solitary Sandpiper, Life History. - Description
- Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 4.
- 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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Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
- 32 × 23 mm
- Clutch: 3–5 eggs
Off-white, pinkish, or pale green speckled with brown.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 88 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 83.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Spotted Sandpiper, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Spotted Sandpiper, Life History.
- 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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Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
- 35.5 × 25.1 mm
- Clutch: 2–5 eggs
Light green to olive green, with dark brown spotting.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 7 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 124.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Stilt Sandpiper, Life History.
- 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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Surfbird
Calidris virgata
- 42.7 × 31 mm
Buff with buffy, reddish, or dark brown markings which are usually concentrated at the larger end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 273.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Surfbird, Life History.
- Shape
- Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
- 45 × 32.5 mm
- Clutch: 2–7 eggs
Buff with dark spotting.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 66 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 59.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Upland Sandpiper, Life History.
- 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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Wandering Tattler
Tringa incana
- 43.9 × 31.98 mm
Pale green or gray, to olive with irregular brown blotches concentrated at the larger end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 44.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Wandering Tattler, Life History.
- Shape
- Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
- 30.8 × 21.9 mm
- Clutch: 2–4 eggs
White, cream, or brown, densely spotted with brown.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 120 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 258.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Western Sandpiper, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Western Sandpiper, Life History.
- 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).
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
- 57.5 × 40.7 mm
- Clutch: 2–4 eggs
Blue-green to brownish or buff.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 37 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 117.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Whimbrel, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Whimbrel, Life History.
- 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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White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
- 33.7 × 24 mm
Buff or pale green, spotted or blotched with reddish brown.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 34 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 184.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: White-rumped Sandpiper, Life History.
- 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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Willet
Tringa semipalmata
- 52.5 × 38 mm
- Clutch: 4 eggs
Greenish or brownish, with bold, irregular dark brown spots.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 56 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 31.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Willet, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Willet, Life History.
- 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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Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
- 33 × 23.4 mm
Buffy, covered with brown blotches.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 57 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 31.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Wilson's Phalarope, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Wilson's Phalarope, Life History.
- 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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Wilson's Plover
Charadrius wilsonia
- 35.7 × 26.2 mm
Cream to buff, speckled heavily with black, dark brown, or gray.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 66 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146, 1929), p. 259.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Wilson's Plover, Life History.
- Shape
- Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
- 38.6 × 28.1 mm
- Clutch: 2–4 eggs
Olive brown splotched with dark brown, black or purple.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 57 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 142, 1927), p. 86.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Wilson's Snipe, Life History. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Wilson's Snipe, Life History.
- 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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