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Illustration of a White-throated Towhee (Melozone albicollis) egg, 25.6 × 18.4 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Melozone albicollis

  • 25.6 × 18.4 mm
Breeds in Mexico

Pale blue or bluish white, spotted and blotched with reddish, purple and blackish brown, mainly at the upper end.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 27 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 29–36. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 271.
Description
Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 29–36. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., pdf p. 169.
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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