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Illustration of an Olivaceous Elaenia (Elaenia mesoleuca) egg, 18.8 × 15.3 mm
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Elaenia mesoleuca

  • 18.8 × 15.3 mm
Breeds in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay

Cream-white with sparse, mostly round light and dark brownish spots, evenly spread.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 17 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 15. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 117.
Description
Nehrkorn 1899 (Katalog der Eiersammlung).
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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