Zonotrichia albicollis
- 21 × 15.4 mm
- Clutch: 1–6 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States
Very pale blue or greenish blue speckled with purplish, chestnut, and lilac.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 50 eggs: Bent, A. C. et al. (Austin, O. L., ed.) 1968. Life histories of North American cardinals, grosbeaks, buntings, towhees, finches, sparrows, and allies, part 3. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 237, scan leaf 137 (account begins scan leaf 130).
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: White-throated Sparrow, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Alberta Museum). - 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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