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Illustration of a Wren-like Rushbird (Phleocryptes melanops) egg, 20.7 × 15.8 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Phleocryptes melanops

  • 20.7 × 15.8 mm
  • Clutch: 2–3 eggs
Breeds in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay

Deep blue-green (teal), immaculate.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 117 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 14. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 23.
Description
Hauber et al. 2014, The Book of Eggs (FMNH 3484), p. 382.
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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