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Illustration of a Cordilleran Canastero (Asthenes modesta) egg, 20.7 × 15.7 mm
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Asthenes modesta

  • 20.7 × 15.7 mm
  • Clutch: 3–4 eggs
Breeds in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru

White, somewhat dull, unmarked.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 14 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 14. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 28.
Description
Aves de Chile (avesdechile.cl), Canastero chico Asthenes modesta, species page 287.
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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