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Illustration of a Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) egg, 25 × 16.6 mm
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Icterus nigrogularis

  • 25 × 16.6 mm
  • Clutch: 2–5 eggs
Breeds in the Caribbean and South America (6 countries)
show all 10The Caribbean: Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Bluish or greyish white, sparingly marked with bold blackish blotches and hairlines, chiefly at the large end; moderately glossy.

Sources of information

Size
Hellebrekers, W. P. J. 1942. Revision of the Penard oölogical collection from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 240–275., pp. 267–268.
Description
Hellebrekers 1942, Zool. Meded. 24.
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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