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Illustration of a Scale-throated Earthcreeper (Upucerthia dumetaria) egg, 28.3 × 20.8 mm
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Upucerthia dumetaria

  • 28.3 × 20.8 mm
Breeds in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru

White, unmarked.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 36 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 14. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., pp. 19, 20.
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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