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Illustration of a Caribbean Elaenia (Elaenia martinica) egg, 21 × 16.5 mm
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Elaenia martinica

  • 21 × 16.5 mm (approx.)
Breeds in Mexico, Belize, Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Caribbean islands, Colombia

Pinkish white, with a zone of deep purplish-brown blotches and lavender round the broad end; nearly glossless.

Sources of information

Size
Oates, E. W. & S. G. Reid 1903. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 3. London., p. 197.
Description
Oates & Reid 1903 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 3).
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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