Batara cinerea
- 35.5 × 26 mm
- Clutch: 2–3 eggs
Breeds in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
White with a pinkish-grey flush, with dense coarse round dark purplish red-brown spots overlapping paler violet-grey ones, only at the large end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 5 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 14. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 45.
- Description
- Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 14. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., pdf p. 39.
- 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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