Theristicus melanopis
- 68 × 44.3 mm
Breeds in Argentina, Chile, Peru
Greyish white to reddish grey with fine violet and blackish-brown dots and worm- and hair-lines, crowded at the blunt end.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 30 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 2. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 107.
- 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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