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Illustration of a Masked Water Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) egg, 20 × 15 mm
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Fluvicola nengeta

  • 20 × 15 mm
Breeds in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Pinkish white, sparsely spotted mostly at the broad end with lilac-red, deep purplish-red and lavender; moderately glossy.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 2 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 15. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 92.
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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