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Illustration of a Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) egg, 20 × 15.6 mm
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Aimophila ruficeps

  • 20 × 15.6 mm
  • Clutch: 2–5 eggs
Breeds in United States, Mexico

Bluish white to white, without spots.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 71 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings, Towhees, Finches, Sparrows, and Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 237, Part 2, 1968), p. 927.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 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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