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Illustration of a Chivi Vireo (Vireo chivi) egg, 19.6 × 14.1 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Vireo chivi

  • 19.6 × 14.1 mm
Breeds in Trinidad and Tobago and South America (12 countries)
show all 13The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

White with a few small dark-brown dots, mostly toward the larger end.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 36 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 29–36. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 366.
Description
Nehrkorn 1899 (Katalog der Eiersammlung).
Drawing checked against a photo: de la Peña 2025, Aves Argentinas tomo 10, p. 10.
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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