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Illustration of a Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus) egg, 21 × 15.1 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Vireo altiloquus

  • 21 × 15.1 mm
  • Clutch: 2–4 eggs
Breeds in United States, Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Caribbean islands, Venezuela

White with a few small brown dots.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 43 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 197, 1950), p. 318.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Black-whiskered Vireo, Life History.
Clutch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
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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