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Illustration of a Tufted Jay (Cyanocorax dickeyi) egg, 36.72 × 24.6 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Cyanocorax dickeyi

  • 36.72 × 24.6 mm
  • Clutch: 5 eggs
Breeds in Mexico

Pale bluish olive-white fading to pale olive-buff, spotted all over with Sayal brown and bister and obscurely blotched with lavender grey; slightly fewer marks at the small end.

Sources of information

Size
Moore 1938, Discovery of the nest and eggs of the Tufted Jay. Condor 40(6): 233-241, p. 237.
Description
Moore 1938, Discovery of the nest and eggs of the Tufted Jay. Condor 40(6): 233-241, p. 237.
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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