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Illustration of a Green Oropendola (Psarocolius viridis) egg, 37.72 × 22.74 mm
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Psarocolius viridis

  • 37.72 × 22.74 mm (approx.)
  • Clutch: 1 egg
Breeds in South America (9 countries)
show all 9South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Pinkish white or greenish grey, rough and glossless, with small purplish-brown and blackish-brown spots and hair lines.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 5 eggs: Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., p. 264.
Description
Hellebrekers, W.P.J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24 (Suriname).
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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